Pakistan court extends detention of 'Mumbai attacks mastermind'
A Pakistani court Thursday sent the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks to jail for two weeks in the latest round of a tussle over his detention that has worsened ties with India.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, accused over the terror siege in India's commercial capital, was granted bail on December 18 by an anti-terror court but authorities later detained him under a public order law which was suspended by Islamabad High Court on Monday.
On Tuesday, police told a lower court that Lakhvi was accused in the kidnapping of a man six-and-a-half years ago, with the judge granting police his custody for two days to investigate.
The same court Thursday sent him for a further two weeks to Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, defense lawyer Rizwan Abbasi told AFP.
