Earlier today, the Indian Express reported that Gujarat IPS officer NK Amin, an accused in the fake encounter cases, submitted a letter to the Supreme Court which throws further light on Ishrat Jahan’s terror links. This letter is written by the legal attaché of the US embassy Daniel C Clegg to the Intelligence Bureau sharing information on Ishrat Jahan.

Niti Central has now accessed that letter dated June 25, 2010 (Sub: 415E-CG-130854 2041 NL C46 Request to share information related to threat against Hindu temples) written by Clegg to the IB.

Exhibit b – Letter by Ib to Cbi by NitiCentral

This letter quotes as under:

This letter carries significance on two counts.

First, as per the IE report, Daniel Clegg is reportedly the pointsperson for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in India and a “key liaison officer for Indian security agencies on terrorism issues after the 26/11 Mumbai attack.” Therefore, Clegg’s letter on this issue cannot be ignored or brushed away.

Second, the much-referenced letter by DP Sinha, Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau to the Special Director CBI dated February 28, 2013 quotes the contents of Clegg’s letter as one of the IB’s bases for stating that it had intelligence inputs on Ishrat being a Muzammil recruit. Niti Central has also accessed a copy of Sinha’s letter to the CBI. The relevant portion is on pages 2 and 3 (Paragraphs 5 & 6).

EXHIBIT a – Letter by Daniel Clegg by NitiCentral

As this author has reported earlier, it is pretty surprising why the NIA did not retain Headley’s references to Ishrat Jahan in the NIA interrogation report it made public. This letter by Daniel Clegg provides one more piece of evidence on the terror links of Ishrat Jahan and the inexplicable and ambiguous stand of the NIA as well as the Ministry of Home Affairs on this issue which is jeopardising India’s national security.