26/11 mastermind Lakhvi again detained

Islamabad, December 19,2014 (IANS) Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, who was granted bail, has now been detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, a media report said Friday. A government source told Dawn that the government has also decided to appeal in superior courts against Lakhvi's bail.

An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad Thursday granted



bail to Lakhvi, who is among the seven people charged with planning and helping to carry out the Nov 26-29, 2008, Mumbai terror attack which left 166 people, imcluding many foreigners, dead and injured hundreds of others.

At the time of the 26/11 attack, Lakhvi was believed to be the operational head of the banned Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) that is accused by India of carrying out the strike.