India slams Mumbai plotter sentence

In this May 23, 2011 file courtroom sketch, David Coleman Headley is shown in federal court in Chicago.

In this May 23, 2011 file courtroom sketch, David Coleman Headley is shown in federal court in Chicago.

Published Jan 25, 2013

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New Delhi -

India says it is disappointed with the sentence given to an American man who admitted his role in the deadly 2008 terrorist attack on the country's financial capital, Mumbai.

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said on Friday that David Headley deserved more than the 35-year prison sentence handed down on Thursday by an American court.

Khurshid said India will continue to press for Headley's extradition to face trial here for his role in planning the attack and videotaping targets that were later attacked by the gunmen.

In the three-day rampage, 10 gunmen from a Pakistani-based militant group fanned out across Mumbai, attacking a crowded train station, a landmark hotel and a Jewish centre, among other targets. They killed 166 people. - Sapa-AP

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