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Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul Bhatt who is suspected to have link with Lashkar - e - Taiba's terrorist 'David coleman Headley' , may not be in the clear yet. A senior officer in the Union home ministry said Rahul would be questioned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as he was an important link in the probe into Headley's long stay in Mumbai.

‘‘No one has been given a clean chit so far,'' said the official, adding the NIA is still to gather all details in order to ascertain whether or not Headley might have got some work done through Rahul.

NIA will call Rahul for questioning to verify if he and Headley traveled “together or otherwise” in or outside Mumbai. ‘‘We will have to find out whether Headley had used Rahul, and if yes, how was he used, knowingly or unknowingly,'' said the official. The National Investigation Agency has been mapping Headley's contacts by screening his acquaintances, cellphone and email records.

The mystery behind Rahul's name which appeared in the FBI affidavits against Headley was solved only when Rahul contacted the Mumbai Police voluntarily after seeing Headley's name on TV channels and informed them about whatever he knew of the US citizen.

Earlier the speculations for the name Rahul which appeared in Headley's email communication, was Rahul Gandhi or actors Rahul Bose or Rahul Khanna or whether the name referred to Shah Rukh Khan, who has often played characters named ‘Rahul'.

The name of Rahul Bhatt appeared only when David Headley wrote an email to his Pakistan based handler on July 8. In the email he wrote that ‘‘I think when we get a chance we should revist our last location again and say ‘hi' to Rahul.''

Rahul's name appeared in more such communication with the last one being recorded on July 10 when LeT leader said: ‘‘There are some investment plans with me, not exa-ctly at Rahul's city but near that. Rest we can decide when meet according to your ease.''