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NEW DELHI: It's
not only the
Lashker-e-Taiba
(LeT) top boss
Hafiz Saeed who
roams freely in
Pakistan, but
even his next-in-
command Zaki-
ur-Rehman
Lakhvi,
imprisoned at
Rawalpindi's
Adiala Jail for his
role in the
26/11 attacks,
moves out of
the prison from time to time to
visit his family and friends.
Lakhvi, who is treated as a VVIP
within the confines of the high-
security prison, enjoys these
outings under a thick security
cover facilitated by the jail
authorities, sources in the
Indian security establishment
have told TOI.
Lakhvi, who was the prime
motivator of the 26/11 attack
module, monitoring the carnage
from the LeT control room in
Karachi and giving blow-by-blow
instructions to the terrorists, is
using as many as five different
cellphones inside the jail to
communicate with LeT
commanders and cadres.
According to intelligence
sources, he freely makes calls to
keep tab on the outfit's
operations and gives pep-talks
to his terror associates.
According to a senior official of
the security establishment,
Lakhvi's detention in Adiala Jail
is even better than a house
arrest. While a person under
house arrest cannot leave the
premises of his detention or
receive any visitors unless
authorized by the detaining
authority, Lakhvi not only has a
smooth traffic of visitors
most of them terror
commanders seeking his
guidance and advice but is
also allowed to use vehicles and
security for meeting his family
and terror associates outside
the jail premises.
It is suspected that the child that
Lakhvi reportedly fathered
during his incarceration was
thanks to these "outings". Abu
Jundal, the 26/11 handler who
was deported last year and is on
trial here, had told his
interrogators here that Lakhvi,
during one of their meetings in
Adiala Jail, had informed him
that the prison authorities had
allowed his wife to visit him in
prison in 2010 to perform
conjugal rights, following which
their son was born.
The secretly-arranged "paroles"
notwithstanding, Lakhvi's stay at
the jail is no less comfortable. His
"cell" in Adiala Jail is really a well-
appointed suite with all modern
facilities, including a television
set. He has access to
newspapers and moves within
the jail without any restrictions.
"He is kept in good humour by
the jailors and prison staff,
under what the security
agencies believe are standing
instructions from Pakistani state
agencies like the ISI," a senior
intelligence officer told TOI.
In fact, the jail authorities even
arranged a birthday celebration
for their most-coveted prisoner
sometime last year.
Agencies here believe that
Lakhvi was arrested as Pakistan
was under pressure from the
Western nations to bring the
26/11 masterminds to book.
Arresting Saeed, who enjoys the
confidence of both the Pakistani
Army and the ISI, was not an
option. So, a convenient
arrangement was worked out to
showcase Lakhvi's arrest as
Pakistan's commitment to bring
26/11 perpetrators to book,
while ensuring that he was not
isolated from his family or his
'work' as a terror commander.
The Indian agencies are worried
over the "loose" evidence
allegedly submitted by Pakistani
agencies in the 26/11 charge
sheet filed in the Adiala court.
Sources said Pakistani
investigators have not bothered
to corroborate Lakhvi's stay at
the addresses cited in the Indian
dossier to link him to the 26/11
conspiracy. "The investigators
found that it was not Lakhvi, but
another person, who was
staying at the said locations. But
in reality, Lakhvi may have stayed
there under an alias," an official
said adding that this may be a
ploy by Islamabad to dilute the
case against himhttp://timesofindia.com/india/26/11-accused-Lakhvi-enjoys-VVIP-treatment-in-Pak-jail/articleshow/18508535.cms
not only the
Lashker-e-Taiba
(LeT) top boss
Hafiz Saeed who
roams freely in
Pakistan, but
even his next-in-
command Zaki-
ur-Rehman
Lakhvi,
imprisoned at
Rawalpindi's
Adiala Jail for his
role in the
26/11 attacks,
moves out of
the prison from time to time to
visit his family and friends.
Lakhvi, who is treated as a VVIP
within the confines of the high-
security prison, enjoys these
outings under a thick security
cover facilitated by the jail
authorities, sources in the
Indian security establishment
have told TOI.
Lakhvi, who was the prime
motivator of the 26/11 attack
module, monitoring the carnage
from the LeT control room in
Karachi and giving blow-by-blow
instructions to the terrorists, is
using as many as five different
cellphones inside the jail to
communicate with LeT
commanders and cadres.
According to intelligence
sources, he freely makes calls to
keep tab on the outfit's
operations and gives pep-talks
to his terror associates.
According to a senior official of
the security establishment,
Lakhvi's detention in Adiala Jail
is even better than a house
arrest. While a person under
house arrest cannot leave the
premises of his detention or
receive any visitors unless
authorized by the detaining
authority, Lakhvi not only has a
smooth traffic of visitors
most of them terror
commanders seeking his
guidance and advice but is
also allowed to use vehicles and
security for meeting his family
and terror associates outside
the jail premises.
It is suspected that the child that
Lakhvi reportedly fathered
during his incarceration was
thanks to these "outings". Abu
Jundal, the 26/11 handler who
was deported last year and is on
trial here, had told his
interrogators here that Lakhvi,
during one of their meetings in
Adiala Jail, had informed him
that the prison authorities had
allowed his wife to visit him in
prison in 2010 to perform
conjugal rights, following which
their son was born.
The secretly-arranged "paroles"
notwithstanding, Lakhvi's stay at
the jail is no less comfortable. His
"cell" in Adiala Jail is really a well-
appointed suite with all modern
facilities, including a television
set. He has access to
newspapers and moves within
the jail without any restrictions.
"He is kept in good humour by
the jailors and prison staff,
under what the security
agencies believe are standing
instructions from Pakistani state
agencies like the ISI," a senior
intelligence officer told TOI.
In fact, the jail authorities even
arranged a birthday celebration
for their most-coveted prisoner
sometime last year.
Agencies here believe that
Lakhvi was arrested as Pakistan
was under pressure from the
Western nations to bring the
26/11 masterminds to book.
Arresting Saeed, who enjoys the
confidence of both the Pakistani
Army and the ISI, was not an
option. So, a convenient
arrangement was worked out to
showcase Lakhvi's arrest as
Pakistan's commitment to bring
26/11 perpetrators to book,
while ensuring that he was not
isolated from his family or his
'work' as a terror commander.
The Indian agencies are worried
over the "loose" evidence
allegedly submitted by Pakistani
agencies in the 26/11 charge
sheet filed in the Adiala court.
Sources said Pakistani
investigators have not bothered
to corroborate Lakhvi's stay at
the addresses cited in the Indian
dossier to link him to the 26/11
conspiracy. "The investigators
found that it was not Lakhvi, but
another person, who was
staying at the said locations. But
in reality, Lakhvi may have stayed
there under an alias," an official
said adding that this may be a
ploy by Islamabad to dilute the
case against himhttp://timesofindia.com/india/26/11-accused-Lakhvi-enjoys-VVIP-treatment-in-Pak-jail/articleshow/18508535.cms
