Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Why hasn't Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi been extradited to India?

December 30, 2014

Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi (click here) was Tuesday arrested in an abduction case just before his release following a Pakistani court's suspension of his detention under a public security order which had evoked a strong reaction from India.
The move came after New Delhi summoned Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit to register "strong concern" that "there seems to be no end in sight to Pakistan remaining a safe-haven for well-known terror groups" after the court's soft-pedalling on Lakhvi.
Foreign secretary Sujatha Singh summoned Basit in New Delhi and the Indian mission in Islamabad took up the issue with the Pakistan Foreign Office....

This man was responsible for the deaths of people in Mumbai. He has no regard to human life and the Pakistan government is actually entertaining his release. 

The Mumbai Attacks were 12 coordinated shootings and bombings that lead to the death of 164 people with another 308 wounded. There should be no release of any of the participants. They are murderers of 164 deaths and should serve the jail time for each and everyone of them in consecutive order. The sentence for any of these murderers should be 164 life sentences served one after the other. Any release of these men should be a matter of national security and prohibited.

The attacks did not happen in one location. These attackers wanted to destroy any government in Mumbai. India's national security guards has to deploy an operation after these attacks to find the remaining people involved. If the Indian government did not conduct those additional raids on the plans of the attackers, Mumbai would have significantly more deaths and disruption in the government. There is nothing that should justify the release of any of the convicted.

There are twenty-six countries represented in the dead of Mumbai. Everyone of them can demand justice and extradition if Pakistan is unable to maintain the imprisoning of these attackers.

In addition to those who died are some Indian security police that gave their lives in apprehending these men and ending the conspiracy against the Indian government.