A Pakistani court Saturday adjourned the Mumbai attack case hearing till Aug. 29, and accepted prosecution prayer for in-camera trial of the five accused, local media reported.
The official Associated Press Pakistan news agency quoted sources as saying that the trial was held inside Central Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi due to the security reason. Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has alleged that the accused Muhammad Riaz alias Shahid Jamil Riaz facilitated transition of money to the Mumbai blast accused Ajmal Kasab.
The other accused in the case include Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Abu Alqa and Hamad Ameen Sadiq.
As many as ten alleged terrorists were involved in Nov. 26, 2008 carnage. Police killed nine alleged terrorists and arrested Ajmal who was being tried in India.
Nearly 170 people were killed in Mumbai, India's commercial hub, and India had accused Pakistan-based militant organization Lashkar- e-Taiba of masterminding the attacks.
Indian officials accused Pakistan of not being serious in apprehending the culprits. But Islamabad insists no one should doubt its sincerity.
Pakistan has admitted the attack was partly planned on its soil and the two countries have suffered seriously strained relations.
The trial began a few days after prime ministers of both countries met in the Egyptian city of Sharm el Sheikh on the sidelines of the summit of Non-Aligned Movement.
India had put a pause on the "composite dialogue" with Pakistan after the attack and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the parliament on Friday that talks will not be resumed unless Pakistan takes action against the suspects.
(Xinhua News Agency July 26, 2009)
