India's foreign minister said Tuesday that the government was awaiting a response from Pakistan on extradition of 20 fugitives who were believed to be living in that country, reported dpa.
"We issued a demarche (on Monday). We are waiting for a response from Pakistan," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi.
The ministry summoned Pakistani envoy Shahid Shahid Malik on Monday and informed him that the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai were carried out by elements based in Pakistan, and demanded action.
The envoy was also handed a list of most-wanted criminals that included Mumbai crime lord Dawood Ibrahim, the alleged mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bombings.
The list also included Masood Azhar, a leader of the Islamic militant jaish-e-Mohammed group, and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, who are suspected to have a hand in major terror strikes in India.
Peliminary investigations into the Mumbai terrorist attacks that left 188 dead have indicated the involvement of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
"They must arrest and hand over who are settled in Pakistan and wanted under Indian law," Mukherjee said.
"International community is behind us, including the newly-elected US president Barack Obama," Mukherjee said.
India also told the envoy that if Islamabad wanted to improve relations, it must back up its January 2004 pledge to not allow its territory to be used for attacks against India.