Mumbai attack mastermind arrested in Pakistan
Sun Online Desk
3rd January, 2021 09:44:01
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan over terror financing charges, an official said, reports PTI.
Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan.
However, the CTD did not reveal the place of his arrest.
“Following an intelligence-based operation conducted by the CTD Punjab (Pakistan), proscribed organisation LeT leader Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on charges of terrorism financing,” it said.
It further said that Lakhvi, 61, was arrested in a case of terrorism financing registered in a police station.