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Pakistan denies Mumbai blast role

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, Oct 1, IRNA
Pakistan-Mumbai Blasts
Pakistan on Saturday dismissed as 'irresponsible and repetition of baseless allegations' the reported statement by Mumbai Police Commissioner that Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the train blasts in Mumbai in July that killed 186 people.

Mumbai police chief AN Roy said that the attacks were planned by the ISI and carried out by the Pakistan-based banned Islamist extremist group 'Lashkar-e-Taiba'.

"This statement, like those made immediately after the Mumbai bomb blasts, contains unsubstantiated allegations, which the Indian officials and media keep making for propaganda purposes," the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said.

"It is quite possible that this is an attempt to divert attention from indigenous elements that may be responsible for terrorist acts in Mumbai and Malegaon in Maharashtra," the spokesperson said.

She said that Pakistan had offered to help with investigations into the Mumbai train bomb blasts on the basis of evidence and solid information.

"We have received absolutely nothing in terms of evidence, information or leads," Tasnim Aslam said.

Meanwhile the Interior Minister angrily rejected claim by Indian police that Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the train blasts in Mumbai in July that killed 186 people.

"The allegations are highly irresponsible and without any proofs," Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said.

Sherpao told Geo television that such allegations can spoil relations between the two countries.

He said that relations between Pakistan and India were revived following the summit meeting of President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh.

"But baseless allegations will have negative impact over the dialogue process".

He said India had not shared any information about the investigation into the attacks.

Seven well-coordinated blasts within 15 minutes ripped through trains on Mumbai's busy commuter network on 11 July 2006.

India had suspended composite dialogue with Pakistan after the blasts, but President Musharraf met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the summit of Non Aligned Movement in Havana, Cuba earlier this month.

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