New Delhi: India on Friday lodged a strong diplomatic protest against the reported adjournment of the ongoing trial of Mumbai terrorist attack on 26/11. India had summoned Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner.
According to informed sources, Indian officials in their meetings with Pakistan, both in New Delhi and Islamabad, have sought regular briefings on the progress of the trail and the investigation being conducted by Pakistani authorities.
This reaction had came after a Pakistani anti-terrorism court trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case adjourned the hearing on Wednesday till September 3 as the judge has gone on a summer vacation.
It is understood that the Indian officials reiterated the high importance India attaches to bringing to justice all those responsible in Pakistan for the Mumbai terrorist attacks. This was seventh adjournment in a row.
Lashkar-e-Toiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Anjum have been charged with planning, financing and executing the attacks in India’s financial capital that killed 166 people in November, 2008.
The only terrorist caught alive, Ajmal Kasab, was hanged in Pune in 2012.
The last hearing in the case and the one on June 25 could not be held because the judge was on leave. The case proceedings have not been held on a regular basis following the absence of the prosecution lawyers.
Bureau Report
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