Highly placed sources said that the Indian External Affairs Ministry raised its strong objection to the release order of the Mumbai attacks mastermind with Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit, after the Islamabad High Court ruled this morning that Lakhvi's detention is illegal.
After coming out of the Indian External Affairs Ministry, the Pakistani envoy said that let the judicial process take its course in that country.
"He may have been granted bail but as you know the trial continues, we are all working to complete the trial. Let the judicial process take its course," Basit said.
Earlier in the day, the Indian Home Ministry reacted strongly to the release order of Lakhvi, saying it is Pakistan's responsibility to take all legal measures to ensure that he doesn' t come out of jail.
"The overwhelming evidence against Lakhvi has not been presented properly before court by Pakistani agencies. Pakistan must realize there are no good terrorists or bad terrorists," the ministry said.
- India accuses Lakhvi, a 55-year-old top commander of the Pakistan-based banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, and six others of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai massacre, in which over 170 people were killed by 10 Pakistani militants who had entered the country's financial capital through sea route.
India claimed to have submitted to Pakistan at least seven dossiers containing evidence, including the confession of the only terrorist caught alive Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, against those who allegedly masterminded the terror attacks, but Islamabad said the proof are not enough.
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Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to remain in jail ...
ReplyDeleteA defence lawyer said on Saturday Pakistan has again detained LeT terrorist and Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi for one month after a court ordered his release.
The lawyer Rizwan Abbasi said the detention order for Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was issued on Saturday.
The development came a day after a court cancelled an earlier order under which Lakhvi was detained for three months in December.
Friday's court order drew criticism from India................http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Mumbai-attack-mastermind-Zakiur-Rehman-Lakhvi-to-remain-in-jail/articleshow/46563183.cms
14/3/15
Pakistan frees Mumbai attack mastermind suspect...
ReplyDeletePakistani authorities have freed the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on bail, sources said Friday, a move that swiftly drew furious condemnation from India.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, accused over the terror siege that left 166 dead, was released late on Thursday, according to an official at Adiyala Prison in Rawalpindi, next to Islamabad.
India slammed the release as an "insult" to the victims of the three-day onslaught on its financial capital, blamed on the banned Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
LeT's charitable wing Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) confirmed Lakhvi's release.
"Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi has been released from jail. He is free now and in a secure place," a senior JuD official told AFP.
"We can't say exactly where is he at the moment for security reasons."...........france24.com
10/4/15