January 01, 2009	Thursday	Muharram 03, 1430

NEW DELHI, Dec 31: India said on Wednesday Pakistan was in “denial” over the Mumbai attacks and refusing to acknowledge evidence linking the gunmen who carried out the assault with elements in Pakistan.

“If anyone is in a state of denial, anything that we give will be denied,” Home Minister P. Chidambaram said.

The minister said the Pakistani father of the sole surviving gunman had confirmed to Pakistan television that his son was involved.

“If that is not evidence then what is?” Mr Chidambaram said.

India’s junior foreign minister Anand Sharma said New Delhi had supplied clinching evidence to Islamabad, linking the attackers to groups in Pakistan.

“Everyone knows who are the conspirators and from where they came. We have given enough evidence,” Mr Sharma told reporters in Chandigarh.

“Evidence is not only with India but also with the investigating agencies of the United States and Britain (and) instead of being in a denial mode, Pakistan should take effective steps to bring those responsible to justice,” he said.—AFP