SoniaCong deleted Headley's confession on Ishrat. What pray is the authorised investigating agency? SoniaCong or NIA?

News portal Firstpost on Tuesday published the NIA documents and claimed that the portion about Ishrat’s link was deleted after the document was shown to the PM and Congress Core committee. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde declined to comment on the controversy, saying that the document was classified one.

As per the Firstpost report, an NIA note dated October 13, 2010 said Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorist Headley had told them that Ishrat had been part of a “botched” operation run by the terrorist group. Later, the reference to this confession was removed from the 117-page record of Headley’s interrogation released to media, said the news portal’s report.

“Highly placed Government sources have told Firstpost that the NIA note was found on file on July 5, when it was called for by Union Home Affairs Minister Sushilkumar Shinde. It was also shown to members of the Congress Core Group, including the Prime Minister,” it said.

Point number 168 of the NIA’s note says: “One being asked about Ishrat Jahan, I state that in late 2005 Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi introduced Muzzammil to me. Having introduced Muzzammil, Zaki talked about the accomplishments of Muzzammil as a Lashkar commander. Zaki also sarcastically mentioned that Muzzammil was a top commander whose every big project has ended in a failure. Zaki added that Ishrat Jahan module was also one of the Muzzammil’s botched operations.” Point number 169 of the note further says: “Headley stated that apart from this, he had no other information / knowledge about Ishrat Jahan.”

Responding to the new revelation, Shinde declined to comment. “I have not seen the reports. Whatever Headley has said, was recorded by the FBI and there is a MoU between the FBI and NIA under which I can’t disclose any further details,” he said.