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Pakistan govt to challenge 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Lakhvi’s bail today


Mangalore Today News Network

Islamabad, Dec 22, 2014: Pakistani government is likely to challenge the bail of 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi on Monday.

lakhviPakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, yesterday said that Lakhvi was put under house arrest shortly after he was granted bail by Islamabad anti-terrorism court on December 18.

The court cited lack of evidence as the reason behind granting bail.

The move had triggered outrage and India had expressed concern an it came a day after Parliamentarians and school children across India observed two minutes silence over the Peshawar school terror attack in which over 130 school killing were killed.

Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Affairs and National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, later clarified that the Mumbai attack mastermind was not released.

He further added that the government was reviewing a petition against bail granted by the court.

Menwhile, Lakhvi will continue to remain under detention at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail under the Maintenance of Public Order for three more months.

Lakhvi is one of the seven people who were charged with planning and helping in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attacks which killed 166 people.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews


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