By NNN-PTI,
Islamabad : Lashkar-e-Taiba’s operation commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and five other suspects in the Mumbai attack case have been sent to a 14-day remand by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court near here.
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had sought the physical remand of the six suspects, local Geo TV reported.
Citing unnamed Foreign Office sources, it said Rawalpindi’s anti-terrorism court granted physical remand of the suspects into the FIA custody yesterday.
The judge issued the order after reviewing evidence produced by investigative agency against them, the sources were quoted as saying.
The judge recorded the suspects’ statements before sending them to physical remand, the report said.
Meanwhile, ‘Dawn’ today reported, quoting an unnamed security official, that the suspects, including Lakhvi, were produced before judge Sakhi Mohammed Kahut of the anti-terrorism court at an undisclosed location.
The FIA is expected to submit a charge-sheet against the suspects at the end of the remand, it said. The agency has already conducted preliminary investigations into the case.
Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, was arrested in December near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.