Indian will have early access to David Headley to interrogate him, possibly in a pre-trial stage, for his role in the Mumbai terror attacks, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Saturday disclosing that a top official of the US' justice department had assured him of this.

Attorney General and head of the US Justice Department Eric Holder called up Chidambaram Friday evening, hours after Laskhar operative Headley pleaded guilty to terror charges in a Chicago court to escape extradition to India.