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Five LeT men`s trial over Mumbai attacks adjourned till Aug 29
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jul 25 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court
Saturday adjourned till August 29 the trial of five LeT
operatives, including its operations commander Zakiur Rehman
Lakhvi, accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks.
Judge Baqir Ali Rana of anti-terror court no 2, who is
conducting the trial in the high-security Adiala Jail in the
garrison city of Rawalpindi, put off the matter after hearing
arguments by the prosecution and defence, sources said.
Journalists are barred from covering the trial being
conducted inside the prison for security reasons and specific
details of Saturday's proceedings were not immediately
available.
However, sources said the counsel for the Federal
Investigation Agency, which probed the Mumbai attacks and
arrested the five Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives, argued
that the proceedings should be conducted in-camera in view of
the sensitivity of the matter.
The counsel for the five LeT operatives submitted
petitions seeking copies of the First Information Reports and
two chargesheets drawn up against the accused by the FIA, the
sources said.
Shahbaz Rajput and Sardar Tariq Masud, the lawyers
representing the five LeT operatives, told PTI that the judge
had adjourned the matter till August 29 after hearing
arguments by both sides.
Rajput and Masud said the accused had not received
copies of key documents, including the FIRs and chargesheets.
The five LeT operatives – Lakhvi, the group's
communications expert Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin
Sadiq and Shahid Jamil Riaz – have been charged under the
Pakistan Penal Code, Anti-Terrorism Act and a cyber crimes
law.
They have been accused of providing training, financial
support, accommodation, equipment and communications gear to
the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November last year.
The trial of the five men was held up for over a month
due to the non-availability of a judge. It resumed after Judge
Rana was recently appointed to the anti-terror court no 2. PTI
Islamabad, Jul 25 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court
Saturday adjourned till August 29 the trial of five LeT
operatives, including its operations commander Zakiur Rehman
Lakhvi, accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks.
Judge Baqir Ali Rana of anti-terror court no 2, who is
conducting the trial in the high-security Adiala Jail in the
garrison city of Rawalpindi, put off the matter after hearing
arguments by the prosecution and defence, sources said.
Journalists are barred from covering the trial being
conducted inside the prison for security reasons and specific
details of Saturday's proceedings were not immediately
available.
However, sources said the counsel for the Federal
Investigation Agency, which probed the Mumbai attacks and
arrested the five Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives, argued
that the proceedings should be conducted in-camera in view of
the sensitivity of the matter.
The counsel for the five LeT operatives submitted
petitions seeking copies of the First Information Reports and
two chargesheets drawn up against the accused by the FIA, the
sources said.
Shahbaz Rajput and Sardar Tariq Masud, the lawyers
representing the five LeT operatives, told PTI that the judge
had adjourned the matter till August 29 after hearing
arguments by both sides.
Rajput and Masud said the accused had not received
copies of key documents, including the FIRs and chargesheets.
The five LeT operatives – Lakhvi, the group's
communications expert Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin
Sadiq and Shahid Jamil Riaz – have been charged under the
Pakistan Penal Code, Anti-Terrorism Act and a cyber crimes
law.
They have been accused of providing training, financial
support, accommodation, equipment and communications gear to
the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November last year.
The trial of the five men was held up for over a month
due to the non-availability of a judge. It resumed after Judge
Rana was recently appointed to the anti-terror court no 2. PTI
