Pakistan-based Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks and top Lashker-e-Taiba commander has resurfaced for the first time after being released on bail by the Lahore high court in 2015 and is allegedly collecting donations from wheat farmers in Punjab province to fund the next segment of their terror activities.
According to some sources, Lakhvi continues to head the outfit’s operations despite being away from the public eye since his release from Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail in April 2015.
Lashker-e-Taiba continues to raise finances through various charities, with new names lately being added to the list, despite the sword of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) hanging over Pakistan.
LeT operation commander Lakhvi got his freedom about three years ago after securing bail. He has been living in an undisclosed location since then. There are reports that he had come to the Jamaat-ud-Dawa headquarters in Lahore last November to greet Hafiz Saeed on his release from a 10-month detention under terrorism and public safety laws.
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum — are facing charges of abetment to murder, attempted murder, planning and executing the Mumbai attack since 2009.
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