Mumbai attack Mastermind Lakhvi sentenced for 15 years of imprisonment

NewsBharati    08-Jan-2021 18:36:18 PM
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Islamabad, Jan 8: Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced Mumbai attack Mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba Operations Commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi for 15 years of imprisonment, on Jan 8, in a terror financing case. The UN-proscribed terrorist, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan's Punjab province on Jan 2.
 

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According to the court, “The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore convicted Lakhvi for commission of offences of terrorism financing in a case registered by the CTD for 15 years under different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.” The LeT commander was accused of running a dispensary and using funds collected for terrorism financing. The CTD said, “He and others also collected funds from this dispensary and used these funds for further terrorism financing. He also used these funds for personal expenses.”
 
 
Judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar sentenced Lakhvi to five years of rigorous imprisonment each on three counts with a fine of PKR 1,00,000 each on three counts. Whereas Lakhvi had pleaded before the court that he was 'falsely implicated' in this case. The Pakistani official said, "In default of payment of fine, he will have to undergo an imprisonment of six months each on three counts. He has been sent to prison to serve the sentences.”
 
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Lakhvi was designated as a global terrorist by the UN in Dec 2008 for being associated with LeT and Al-Qaeda and for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf or in support of” both the entities.
 
 
Proscribed terrorists and entities are subject to an assets freeze, wherein all states are required to freeze funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated individuals and entities, a travel ban that prevents the entry into or transit through nations’ territories by the designated individuals and an arms embargo.