New Delhi: India on Friday asserted that perpetrators of terrorism in this country must be handed over to face "Indian justice" and clarified that there is "no dilution" of that stand.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee also asked Pakistan to undertake a "full investigation" into the Mumbai attacks in a "sincere", "transparent" and "verifiable" manner to unveil the "full conspiracy" into the terror strikes.
"There is no question of dilution of our demand of extradition (of those responsible for terror acts in India)," Mukherjee told reporters while clarifying to media reports quoting him in a TV interview.
"We have never given up the demand that perpetrators of the terror acts should be handed over to India. There is no question of giving up that demand. We have not climbed down from that demand," he said.
"The fact that dastardly terror crimes have been committed in India, therefore the perpetrators must face Indian justice. This is not an either or situation as these things are not mutually exclusive," Mukherjee added.
The Minister issued the "clarification" on a TV interview in which he had said that India will have no objection if those behind terror acts here are put to "fair trial" in Pakistan itself, a remark which amounted to softening of New Delhi's position on the issue of extradition.
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