Mumbai 26/11 attack mastermind & LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi arrested in Pakistan

Lakhvi was arrested on terror financing charges by the Counter-Terrorism Department. He had been out on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case.

Police personnel outside the Taj Mahal Hotel during the siege by terrorists in Mumbai, on 25 November 2008 | Prashanth Vishwanathan | Bloomberg

Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind and Lakshar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was on Saturday arrested in Pakistan on terror financing charges, an official said.

Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).

However, the CTD did not mention his place of arrest.

“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. – PTI