Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) rejected plea of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi on Friday
According to sources, Civil Judicial Magistrate ATC, Naveed Khan rejected the petition for Lakhvi’s acquittal closing the case.
According to details, public prosecutor Aamir Nadeem, with his strong arguments convinced Civil Judicial Magistrate ATC.
Last month, Supreme Court of Pakistan reimposed a detention order on the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, court officials said.
Lakhvi, who is accused over the terror siege in India’s commercial capital, was granted bail on December 18 by an anti-terror court but authorities later detained him under a public order law, which in turn was then suspended by the Islamabad High Court on December 29.
He has never been let out of Adiyala Prison in Rawalpindi during the back and forth over his detention, which prompted an angry response from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was initially granted bail.
The Mumbai attacks left 166 people dead and were blamed on banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Lakhvi and six other suspects have been charged in Pakistan but their cases have made virtually no progress in more than five years. (Agencies /PhotoNews)
