Pakistan Arrests 6th Mumbai Attacks Suspect
Pakistan has arrested sixth suspect in connection with Mumbai terror attack and asked India to provide more information to proceed against those detained for perpetrating the carnage.
Pakistan’s Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik informed that six persons have been captured so far concerning the 26/11 attack. However, he did not give details of the sixth person arrested by Pakistani authorities.
Earlier, the Interior Ministry had confirmed the arrest of five suspects Lashker-e-Taiba operatives Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Abu al Qama and Shahid Jamil Riaz. They are all currently in judicial custody.
Clarifying Pakistan’s inability to punish the suspects in absence of substantial evidences, Malik asked India to provide more information about the Mumbai attacks, including Ajmail Amri Kasab’s testimony recorded in the court.
“We can’t punish them unless we have proof,” he told reporters at the marriage of the son of a senior Pakistan People’s Party leader late last night.
Showing commitment to bring Mumbai attackers to justice, he said that Pakistan needs the chargesheet filed against Kasab by Indian authorities.
