Strong message sent to Pakistan: PM Modi says on bail to 26/11
plotter Lakhvi
India has
strongly conveyed its sentiments to Pakistan over a court granting bail to
26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
"Pakistan
has been told in very clear terms," Modi said after Opposition demanded a
statement from the PM on the issue.
He said
people of India felt the same amount of the pain the Pakistanis felt at the
massacre of the school children. "There are tears in the eyes of every
Indian."
"And
soon after, the attitude shown by them is a serious blow to humanity. It has
shocked all those who believe in humanity," he said.
India's
approach towards Pakistan on the issue would be in tune with the sentiments
expressed by Indian MPs, he said.
Speaking after the Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj said in the House: "Pakistan has
made a mockery of their commitment of fighting terror groups without hesitation
by granting bail to Lakhvi. We demand that the decision be revoked," she
said.
Soon after,
the Lok Sabha passed a resolution condemning the bail. Resolution, read out by
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, asked the government to take every step to put
pressure on Pakistan to bring the matter related to 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks
to a satisfactory conclusion.
Lakhvi is
currently under detention at a jail in Rawalpindi as the Nawaz Sharif
government prepares to challenge the bail granted to him by an anti-terrorism
court. He is unlikely to be released.
"We
are going to challenge the bail order of Lakhvi," government prosecutor
Chaudhry Azhar told Reuters. "We will go to Islamabad High Court on Monday
to file the application."
Lakhvi
would not be able to leave the prison until then, he said, as he was being held
under a law that allows short detentions without charge, in the interest of
keeping order.
Lakhvi is
among the seven Pakistani nationals accused of planning and abetting the brazen
terror attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 that left 166 dead, including
foreigners.
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