Question : FUNDS TO TERRORISTS

(a) whether the Government are aware of the concrete evidence in the possession of British officials about providing finance to the terrorists operating in India by the ISI Chief Ayub Thokar through European countries;

(b) if so, whether the Government have held any discussion with the British Government for the arrest of Ayub Thokar; and

(c) if so, the outcome thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (SHRI HARIN PATHAK)

(a)to(c): The issue has been taken up at various political and official levels with the British Government in order to sensitize them about the importance that Government attaches to the matter.