Lakhvi acquitted in Afghan national's kidnapping case

April 21, 2015 22:15

In yet another relief for Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a Pakistani court today acquitted the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack case in connection with the kidnapping of an Afghan national in 2009.

Islamabad District and Sessions Court acquitted 55-year-old Lakhvi in a case registered against him for allegedly kidnapping Anwar Khan six years ago.

Session Court Judge Tanveer Mir heard the case after a judicial magistrate had deferred the indictment of Lakhvi on April 5. Earlier, police had failed to produce him in court due to 'security reasons'

The Islamabad police had booked Lakhvi for the alleged kidnapping of the Afghan national after the Islamabad High Court had suspended his detention in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case on December 26, 2014.

During today's hearing, police lawyer Amir Nadeem Tabish presented his arguments, saying that Lakhvi had been directly implicated in the abduction case. He claimed that the plaintiff and the abducted person's brother were eyewitnesses in the kidnapping incident.

Nadeem requested the court to summon Lakhvi and indict him in the kidnapping.

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