NEW DELHI, Jan 2: The United Nations designated terrorist Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind, was arrested in Pakistan on terror financing charges on Saturday, an official said.
Lakhvi, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab province.
“Following an intelligence-based operation conducted by the CTD Punjab, 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 of CTD Lahore.
“Lakhvi is accused of running a dispensary, using funds collected for terrorism financing. 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,” the CTD said.
The CTD said in addition to belonging to proscribed organisation LeT, Lakhvi is also a UN designated individual.
“His trial will be held before the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore,” it added.
(Manas Dasgupta)