Lahore,A
Pakistani prosecution witness today recorded his statement against one of the
seven accused, who used an international SIM card to give instructions to the
10 terrorists who carried out the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.Federal
Investigation Agency witness Gul Sheraz recorded his statement before an
anti-terrorism court about the arrest of one of the accused Jamil Ahmed in the
Mumbai attacks case.
He informed the court about the
alleged involvement of Ahmed in the Mumbai attack.Ahmed is said to have used an
international SIM card to give instructions to the 10 terrorists who had
carried out the attacks that left 166 people dead.The court, which adjourned
the hearing till May 7, issued summons for more witnesses.During the last
hearing on April 23, four witnesses were withdrawn due to unexplained reasons.
Two of them were witnesses of FIA while the other two were private individuals.
It was not known why the witnesses were withdrawn.
The anti-terrorism court judge
held the proceeding at the Islamabad district court in protest over lack of
proper security arrangements to him and other senior lawyers.Following the
attack on Islamabad court in March, the judge had refused to hold hearing of
the case at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.Lashkar-e-Taiba 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.
All the accused are jailed in
Adiala prison.Out of about 60 witnesses, the anti-terrorism court has so far
completed cross examination of 35 prosecution witnesses.
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