Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:25 PM (Islamabad)
The status and whereabouts of at least five main Pakistani suspects linked to the Mumbai attacks remain a mystery, with an anti-terrorism judge remanding only one accused to the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency.
Anti-terrorism court Judge Sakhi Muhammad Kahut on Monday remanded Hamad Amin Sadiq, a Lashker-e-Taiba activist described by Pakistani authorities as the "main operator" behind the Mumbai incident, to the custody of the FIA for 15 days.
There was no official word on the status and whereabouts of five other suspects, who the interior ministry chief Rehman Malik had said were in the custody of authorities.
Though Malik had not named these suspects during a news conference last week, sources told PTI they included senior LeT operatives Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah, who have reportedly been named in the Indian dossier submitted to Islamabad.
Sadiq was remanded to the FIA's custody by Judge Kahut during proceedings held in a makeshift court set up in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
Sadiq was brought to the prison in an armoured vehicle and his face was covered with a mask. The media was not allowed to photograph him.
Pakistan's response to India's dossier on the November 26 Mumbai attacks was handed over to India's High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal with a list of 30 questions. Following are some of the details that Pakistan has requested from India: - DNA samples of sole surviving terrorist Ajmal Kasab to establish his identity.
- Kasab's national identity card, seized electronic and digital diaries.
- Confessional statement made by Kasab in the Indian court.
- Inputs on how Kasab identified Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander and alleged 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi.
- Details of fingerprints of the 10 gunmen.
- DNA details of the 9 dead terrorists.
- Call details from each of cellphone used by the terrorists since they had Indian SIM cards.
- Their intercepted phone conversations with their handlers.
- Details of who helped in refuelling of one of the three boats used by the terrorists.
- Details of the probe by Indian investigators on local links in the Mumbai carnage.
