Mumbai terror attacks: Pakistan agency seeks property details of Mumbai POs, their families
Lahore, February 10: Pakistan’s top investigative agency has sought the property details of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack proclaimed offenders (POs) and their families from the Revenue Department of Punjab province, a senior official said on Thursday.
Although the Mumbai terror attack case has entered the 14th year, none of its suspects in Pakistan has been punished yet so far.
As per reports, the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) counter-terrorism wing has written a letter to a senior member of the board of revenue Punjab, and sought property details of the proclaimed offenders and their family members.
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Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Amjad Khan of Multan, Iftikhar Ali of Booraywala, Shahid Ghafoor of Bahawalpur, Muhammad Usman of Sahiwal, Ateequr Rehman of Lahore, Riaz Ahmed of Hafizabad, Muhammad Mushtaq of Gujranwala, Muhammad Naeem of DG Khan, Abdul Shakoor of Karachi, Muhammad Sabir of Multan, Shakil Ahmed of Rahim Yar Khan and Abdul Rehman of Bawalnagar are among the proclaimed offenders.
Most of them were members of the boat Al Hussaini & Al Fouz used by the terrorists in the Mumbai terrorist attacks and other provided funds and obtained Voice-over Internet Protocol (VOIP) connection for terrorists.
In November 2008, 10 LeT terrorists had entered Mumbai from Karachi and carried out attacks, killing 166 persons and injuring over 300. The lone survivor, Ajmal Kasab, was arrested and hanged after a trial.
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The 26/11 case has been pending in the anti-terrorism courts Rawalpindi/Islamabad since 2009. Six arrested suspects—Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum—are facing charges of abetment to murder, attempted murder, planning and executing the Mumbai attacks and they are detained at the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi.
-PTC News with inputs from social media
