Lakhvi challenges judicial remand

Police officers escort Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, centre, the main suspect in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case, after his court appearance in Islamabad. File photo

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi on Wednesday challenged his two-day judicial remand in an abduction case.

Lakhvi’s counsel Rizwan Abbasi petitioned a district and sessions court, saying a false FIR had been registered due to pressure from India.

A court in Islamabad on Tuesday sent Lakhvi to two days judicial remand in the abduction case a day after the Islamabad High Court approved his release, Dawn reported.

The remand came in the wake of a second FIR lodged against him in Islamabad.

According to the FIR, Lakhvi was involved in the abduction of a man named Anwar.