According to a report of BBC Urdu service on Sunday, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the prime suspect and alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks of 2008, was living a life of comfort while being held in detention in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi. After a long drawn legal battle of post-Mumbai attacks, Lakhvi had been granted bail by an anti-terrorism court that was trying him, a day after the horrific Peshawar Army Public School massacre.
The ill-timed decision was met with outrage from the international community, especially India. He was then detained by the government under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law.
"He [Lakhvi] can receive any number of guests, any time of the day or night, seven days a week," a jail official told BBC.
It was further alleged in the report that inside his jail cell, Lakhvi enjoys the use of a television, mobile phone and internet access. Moreover, none of his visitors have to identify themselves to jail officials.
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, now 55, hails from the Okara district of Punjab - the same place of Ajmal Kasab, one of the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks.
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