SC declares suspension of Lakhvi's detention order void

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, overturned the decision of suspension of detention order of the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

The case has been resubmitted by the SC to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on grounds of hearing the arguments on merit of both parties without rushing through.

The case will be heard again on 12 January by IHC.

Lakhvi was arrested in February 2009 and was indicted along with six others on 25 November 2009 for planning and helping to carry out the Mumbai attacks.

He was believed to be the operational chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which has been accused by India of carrying out the attacks in Mumbai.

The 2008 attacks, when gunmen rampaged through Mumbai for three days, sent relations into deep freeze. India blamed Pakistan-based militant group LeT for the attack and handed over intercepts to use as evidence in the Lakhvi case.