26/11: Bail plea of Pak suspect rejected

A Pakistani court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition filed by Jamil Ahmad, one of the seven men charged by authorities with planning, financing and executing the Mumbai terror attacks [ Images ] four years ago.

A two-judge Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore [ Images ] high court rejected Ahmad's petition after hearing arguments from his counsel and the lawyer of the Federal Investigation Agency.

Earlier this month, the court had issued a notice to the FIA to respond to Ahmad's bail plea.

According to a chargesheet filed by the FIA in 2009, Ahmad and another accused, Mohammad Younas Anjum, provided Rs 3.98 million to Lashkar-e-Tayiba [ Images ] member Shahid Jamil Riaz for preparing for the Mumbai attacks.

The two men sent the funds to Riaz's two bank accounts in Karachi from four banks in Punjab [ Images ] and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir [ Images ].

Ahmad, who has not been accused of being a member of the LeT, was also charged with obtaining a satellite phone connection from Jeddah [ Images ] in Saudi Arabia that was used by the 10 LeT terrorists who attacked Mumbai.

The seven Pakistani suspects, including LeT operations commander Zaki-ur- Rehman Lakhvi, are currently being held in Adaila Jail in Rawalpindi.

Ahmad's lawyer has claimed that he was running a private business in Saudi Arabia and was not involved in the terror attacks that killed 166 people in November 2008.