Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Lakhvi gets 15-year jail term in terror financing case Saturday, January 09, 2021 By: ET
Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Friday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here in a terror financing case.
UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab province on Saturday. The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore convicted Lakhvi for commission of offences of terrorism financing in a case registered by the CTD for 15 years under different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997,” a court official told PTI after the hearing.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi pleaded before the court that he was falsely implicated in the case (File)
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Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 5 years in jail on Friday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Lahore in a terror financing case, amidst growing international pressure on Islamabad to bring to justice terrorists roaming free in the country.
Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore Judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar sentenced UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi to five years of rigorous imprisonment each on three counts with a fine of PKR 100,000 (approximately USD 620) each on three counts. His punishment will run concurrently.
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Pakistani police officers escort Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, center, the main suspect of the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, after his court appearance in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan s security forces arrested Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 an alleged leader of the militant group that was behind the bloody 2008 Mumbai attacks in India.
Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Pakistani court in the terror-financing case. The move has come a day after Lakhvi was interrogated by Pakistanâs counter terrorism authorities in Punjab province, an official said on Wednesday, four days after his arrest.