ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India has given no information about last month's attacks in Mumbai to Interpol and information passed to media by Indian investigators should be shared if it is accurate, the police agency's chief said on Tuesday.
Pakistan, under pressure over Indian accusations that the 10 gunmen who attacked Mumbai came from Pakistan, has complained that India has yet to provide it with any evidence to push its investigation forward.
Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble told a news conference in Islamabad until Indian authorities shared information, police around the world would be unable to make any determination about the identity of the attackers.
"To date, India's government has not authorised India's police agencies to enter any data relating to the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai in Interpol's databases," Noble said.
"The information Interpol has about what happened in Mumbai is the same information that you have. It's information that we've read in journals, that we've read on the Internet or that we've seen on TV," he said.
Tension between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan has spiked since the assault on India's financial heart, which killed 179 people.
India and the United States have blamed the banned Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks.
Pakistan has cracked down on militants and detained scores of people including several top leaders, but it has repeatedly said it needs evidence from India to investigate.
Like Noble, Pakistan says the only information it has received on the Mumbai attacks has come through media reports.
Indian officials have said they have passed on information.
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Reuters