India requests meeting with Chicago terrorist
March 19, 2010 10:05 EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) -- India wants to talk with the Chicago man who's admitted scouting Mumbai for the terror attacks two years ago.

Those attacks, which stretched over 2-and-a-half days, left 166 people dead.

India's Home minister says India has yet to get permission from the U.S. to speak with David Headley or his wife. India is also pushing to extradite Headley to face charges there, but his plea agreement forbids his extradition to India, Denmark or Pakistan.

Headley admitted in federal court that he made surveillance videos to help preparations for the attacks. He also admitted involvement in a plot to attack a Danish newspaper over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

As part of his plea deal, Headley won't face execution if he keeps cooperating with prosecutors.