Mumbai attack suspects sent to jail on remand

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RAWALPINDI, March 19 An anti-terrorism court sent on Thursday three suspects of the Mumbai terror attacks to Adiala jail on judicial remand for 12 days after FIA officials said they had completed their preliminary investigation.

Judge Sakhi Mohammad Kahot, who has been conducting in Adiala jail the in-camera trial of four suspects, remanded Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid alias Zarar Shah and Mazhar Iqbal alias Abu al-Qama in judicial custody till March 31. The fourth suspect, Hammad Amin Saddiq, is already on judicial remand.

They were arrested in February in connection with the FIR 1/09 FIA under section 7 (terrorism), 11-U, 21-C, 21-I (terrorist and banned organisations) of anti-terrorism act (ATA) 1997, 302 (murder) read with 34 (murder by more than one person), 109 (abetment) Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and 11 (misuse of encryption), 17 (cyber terrorism), 19 (of abets, aides or attempts to commit offence) of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance (PECO) 2008, registered with the FIA Islamabad.

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