Sixth Mumbai attack suspect remanded to judicial custody

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Aug 21 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court
has remanded an LeT-linked "important suspect" arrested for
allegedly facilitating the Mumbai attacks, to judicial custody
till September 3.

Jamil Ahmed, who was arrested by the Special
Investigation Unit of the Federal Investigation Agency on
August 5, was produced in the anti-terrorism court of Judge
Akram Awan in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

The judge remanded Ahmed to judicial custody for two
weeks. Ahmed is the sixth suspect to be arrested so far by the
FIA for alleged involvement in facilitating and executing the
Mumbai attacks that killed nearly 180 people.

Ahmed, a resident of Battagram in the North West
Frontier Province, has been described by the FIA as an
"important suspect allegedly linked" to the LeT.

He was nabbed following the interrogation of five LeT
operatives -– operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abu
Al-Qama, Zarar Shah, Shahid Jamil Riaz and Hamad Amin Sadiq –-
arrested earlier by the FIA.

These five men are being tried by another anti-terrorism
court in Rawalpindi for alleged involvement in the attacks.
The next hearing of their case is scheduled for August
29.

Pakistani authorities are also looking for 13 other
suspects who facilitated the Mumbai attacks. Most of these men
are crew members of the two boats used by the 10 terrorists
who attacked the Indian financial hub. PTI RHL
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