{"id":13530,"date":"2026-08-18T04:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13530"},"modified":"2026-08-18T04:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:18:37","slug":"ball-set-rolling-for-trial-in-absentia-against-six-26-11-pakistani-accused-mumbai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13530","title":{"rendered":"Ball set rolling for trial in absentia against six 26\/11 Pakistani accused | Mumbai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133309565,imgsize-124589,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/outfit-lashkar-e-taiba-let-handlers-haafiz-saeed-and-zaki-ur-rehman-lakhvi.jpg\" alt=\"1st in BNSS: Ball set rolling for trial in absentia against six Pakistani 26\/11 terror attack accused\" title=\"Outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers Haafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers Haafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi\">Outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers Haafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MUMBAI: The process to start the trial in absentia against six Pakistani accused in the 26\/11 terror attack on the city, including banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers Haafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, has been initiated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>It will be the first trial in absentia in a terror case since the introduction of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, said special public prosecutor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ujjwal-nikam\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ujjwal Nikam<\/a>. Section 356 of the BNSS allows the trial of absconding offenders in their absence to prevent delays in justice.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"26\/11 Mumbai terror attack\" msid=\"133309508\" width=\"\" title=\"26\/11 Mumbai terror attack \" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-133309508\/2611-mumbai-terror-attack.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>26\/11 Mumbai terror attack <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The special court conducting the 26\/11 trial issued the proclamation against Saeed, Lakhvi, Sajid Mir, Abu Alqama, Asim alias Abu Qahafa, and Major Abdur Rehman Pasha.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Police commissioner Deven Bharti sent a letter to Nikam to initiate the trial in absentia for these accused.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>\u201cThe 26\/11 trial is very sensitive and we have enough evidence against the absconding terrorists who are accused in one of the most heinous crimes. They must be tried as per the law of the land and we want to utilise Section 356 of BNSS so that terrorists could be brought to justice. Hence, I have written to the special PP [public prosecutor] for an expeditious trial in absentia,\u201d Bharti said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Nikam told TOI they had filed an application in the special court and submitted that these were wanted accused in the 26\/11 terror attack cases. \u201cAjmal Kasab had disclosed their role during the probe. So, it is a request to run a trial in absentia,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Nikam said he has also applied for issuing proclamation in the name of the wanted accused through Interpol. \u201cThe court issued a proclamation against the six wanted accused. <!-- -->It has asked these accused to remain present in the court on August 18,\u201d Nikam said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The proclamation was sent to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) to publish it through Interpol.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Special judge S R Navander issued the proclamation. The court directed the wanted accused to appear on or before August 18, Tuesday, to answer the complaint.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>While Saeed is accused of engineering and executing the 26\/11 attacks, Lakhvi, Qahafa and Alqama were present in a control room set up in Malir, Karachi, during the attacks. <!-- -->They are also accused of supervising the training of the terrorists. In the control room, they were accompanied by Sayyed Zabihudin alias Abu Jundal, an Indian who is accused of teaching the 10 terrorists Hindi and the local language of the city during a 10-day session.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>In the November 26-29, 2008, attacks, 166 people were killed at Hotel Taj Mahal Palace and Towers, Hotel Trident, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Jewish centre Nariman House, in and around Cama hospital, Cafe Leopold, and other places.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Among those killed were several citizens of the UK, US and Israel. The police killed nine terrorists and caught one of them, Ajmal Kasab, alive.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>On the days of the attack, seven persons, including Jundal, Lakhvi, Alqama and Qahafa, are said to have watched the terrorist operation unfold on TV while sitting in their control room, and Jundal even talked to Fahadullah and Abu Akasha, two terrorists who attacked one of the attack sites, from the control room.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>On November 30, 2008, all the seven persons who were present in the control room in Karachi reached Baitul Mujahideen, Muzaffarabad. There, they came to know that Kasab was arrested instead of Ismail.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>The crime branch through the Interpol got red corner notices issued against Saeed, a resident of Johar Town, Lahore, Lakhvi, a resident of Markaz LeT, Bait-ul-Mujahideen Camp, Muzaffarabad (PoK), Mir alias Vasi alias Khalid alias Vasibhai, a resident of Lahore, Pakisitani Punjab, and Major Pasha, a resident of Pakistan, and a blue corner notice was issued against Qahafa and Alqama alias Amjad, residents of Bait-ul-Mujahideen, Muzaffarabad (PoK).<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/mumbai\/ball-set-rolling-for-trial-in-absentia-against-six-26\/11-pakistani-accused\/articleshow\/133302907.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) handlers Haafiz Saeed and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi MUMBAI: The process to start the trial in absentia 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