Islamabad, July 19: The dossier that Pakistan handed over to India in Sharm-el Sheikh in Egypt has nailed Lashkar-e-Toiba as the agency responsible for carrying out the November 26 Mumbai attacks. This is the first official admission from Pakistan that its citizens were involved in the terror attacks.
According to reports, the dossier names Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi as the mastermind of the attacks and four others as his accomplices. Several others have been proclaimed offenders.
Accordingly, Pakistani investigators filed a second and supplementary chargesheet against the five LeT operatives before an anti-terror court in Rawalpindi Saturday.
The five accused — Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Abu al Qama, Shahid Jamil Riaz and Hamad Amin Sadiq — were given copies of the second and supplementary chargesheet.
Sources said the five Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives are expected to be formally indicted at the next hearing.
The trial had resumed Saturday following the appointment of Justice Baqir Ali Rana as the new judge for anti-terror court number 2 in Rawalpindi.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said last week that the trial of the five LeT operatives could now get underway as Pakistani investigators had completed their probe.
The trial of the five LeT operatives is being held in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi due to security reasons.
–Agencies