A formal response from Thailand is awaited about the reported detention of Kumaran Padmanathan, the LTTE leader who allegedly financed the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. “We have approached the Thai authorities and also Interpol Bangkok to confirm the detention. We have not got any response,” CBI Director Vijay Shanker told reporters on Wednesday on  the sidelines of an Interpol Conference on cyber crime here.
The CBI Director expressed confidence that the Thai government would extend all possible assistance to India if he has been arrested. The 52-year-old Padmanathan, also known as Shanmugam Kumaran Tharmalingham, had been detained in Bangkok for his alleged involvement in international arms racket.
 Mr Shanker also said that the international community should exert pressure over the country "harbouring" global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim so that he could be handed over to India to face trial.
The world community, which says it believes in peaceful co-existence, should exert pressure on the country ‘where we all know he is’ for handing over Dawood to India, he added.