Second FIR registered under pressure from India, Lakhvi petitions

Published December 31, 2014
Security personnel escort Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi (C), alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, as he leaves the court in Islamabad on December 30, 2014. — AFP
Security personnel escort Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi (C), alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, as he leaves the court in Islamabad on December 30, 2014. — AFP

ISLAMABAD: Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi — the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks — has challenged his two-day physical remand in a kidnapping case in a district and sessions court in Islamabad.

Earlier on Tuesday, a local court in Islamabad had remanded Lakhvi in police custody for two days in a kidnapping case, a day after the Islamabad High Court court approved his release.

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The remand came in the wake of a second First Information Report (FIR) lodged against the alleged mastermind at the Golra Police Station in Islamabad. According to the First Information Report (FIR), Lakhvi was said to be involved in the abduction of a man named Anwar six and a half years ago.

Lakhvi's counsel Advocate Rizwan Abbasi petitioned to the court today. The application presented the stance that a false FIR had been registered against his client due to pressure from India, adding that there was no basis on which the case had been lodged.

The court summoned plaintiff Daud Khan tomorrow and subsequently adjourned the matter.

A court had granted Lakhvi bail on December 18, drawing an angry response from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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After that ruling, authorities had detained him under a public order law. But on Monday, a judge had suspended his detention and set bail terms.

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Govt to challenge Lakhvi's conditional bail release in SC

The federal government has decided to challenge Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's conditional bail release — granted by the Islamabad High Court — in the Supreme Court.

The petition will be filed by the Islamabad District Administration while the plea has been prepared by Attorney General Asif. It will present the stance that the IHC did not hear the government's version while granting bail to Lakhvi in its verdict.

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