Deposing before the Special TADA Court Judge G A Sanap on day five, David Coleman Headley told the court that a few months after the 26/11 attacks in 2008, he joined al-Qaeda.

Headley informed the court that he visited Delhi on March 7, 2009. He said the visit was undertaken at the behest of Illyas Kashmiri, commander of al-Qaeda’s 313 Brigade, who had made him an offer to join al-Qaeda. Kashmiri had asked him to conduct reconnaissance at a few places for future attacks. The places suggested were the National Defence College of Delhi (NDC) and Chabad Houses in Pushkar, New Delhi, Pune and Goa. Headley told the court that Kashmiri had paid for his airfare and other expenses during his India visit.