New Delhi: Where are the Mumbai attack masterminds Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah? There is no official word from Islamabad either on their arrest or detention.
It seems as if is Pakistan has gone back to speaking in two voices over the Mumbai terror attack issue. Pakistani media report government sources as saying none of those named by Islamabad in the 26/11 case have been arrested.
Although sources in Pakistan have told CNN-IBN that their whereabouts are known and their movements are restricted, their defence lawyer has no information at all about them.
He has also denied the fact that the two have been produced before the anti-terrorism court.
Local media had earlier claimed that court had remanded Lakhvi and seven others to 14 days remand at the request of the Federal Investigation Agency.
The sources say that they are in custody - which in Pakistan's case usually means house arrest. Delhi has repeatedly called all those under house arrest as guests of the state.
This new contradiction will make it difficult for India to figure out what to believe and moreover who to believe.
Just a few days ago, Pakistan Interior Ministry Chief Rehman Malik had said, "Whatever we could do on the available information, we have done it. We have arrested a number of the accused. Some are under investigation and some may turn out to be witnesses."
Two months after being in constant denial mode, Pakistan on Thursday had finally admitted that "some part of the conspiracy" behind the Mumbai attacks took place on its soil and a case has been registered against nine people including Ajmal Kasab, the lone captured terrorist.
Islamabad made its first formal response to the Indian dossier on the attacks blamed on terrorists based on its soil at a press conference by Malik who gave details of the probe followed a meeting Indian High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal had with officials.
Malik had said Pakistan wanted the DNA samples of Kasab to establish his identity. Among the things Pakistan wanted from India were Kasab's national identity card, electronic diaries seized and the confessional statement made by him in the Indian court and details of who helped in refuelling of one of the boats used by the terrorists.
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