Pak must act on proof given by FBI : Pranab

Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has strong evidence that they have shared with Pakistan.

He said Pakistan should act on the evidence provided by the FBI and handover perpetrators of Mumbai to India.

Pranab said that an extradition treaty is not needed to handover perpetrators.

He further said that the US pressure has not had tangible results.

An FBI team, late on Wednesday night, visited Faridkot in Pakistan's Punjab province to investigate about Ajmal Amir Iman Qasab, the lone terrorist captured during the Mumbai attacks. Qasab hails from the Faridkot area.

The five-member team of the FBI was headed by its South Asian Director William Robert, Geo TV reported. According to sources, the purpose of the FBI team's visit was to investigate about Qasab, it said.

The channel had, however, claimed without quoting anyone that according to the FBI team, it found no evidence.

Qasab's father recently admitted in an interview to the Dawn newspaper that the gunman whose picture was beamed around the world by the media was his son.