When Pakistani-American David Headley was arrested by the FBI, he revealed that Lashkar-e-Taiba's chief military commander was Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who orchestrated the Mumbai 26/11 attack. The attack tragically claimed 175 lives. Headley was an agent for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
A Pakistani court sentenced Lakhvi to prison, but now he roams the streets of Rawalpindi and Lahore openly. These cities are among those where the Indian cricket team is expected to visit for the Champions Trophy.
Lakhvi is on the United Nations Security Council's Al-Qaeda sanctions list, having been declared a global terrorist. Since then, he’s assumed the alias Abu Wassi.
Dr. Muhammad Saeed, an assistant professor at Islamabad's National University of Modern Languages (NUML), appears to publicly support Lakhvi. The two were reportedly part of a fitness training program, and a viral video on social media shows a bearded man participating in a fitness test, allegedly Lakhvi.
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India Today's Open Source Investigation Team (OSINT) used three facial recognition programs to confirm the man’s identity as Lakhvi.
The video also features Dr. Zaid Haris, an Islamic scholar, who along with Muhammad, is seen praising Lakhvi. This footage first appeared on accounts supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba.
This fitness event was organized by a man named Syed Muhammad, who claimed to be Mr. Pakistan once. He stated on social media that he was unaware of the attendees' identities, insisting it was a ‘family event’ from the early COVID days, but this claim proved false.
In the video, Syed comments, 'I've never seen a 63-year-old perform 210 repetitions in 18-19 minutes. Never in my profession.'
According to a U.S. government document, Lakhvi was born on December 30, 1960, meaning he would be around 63 in 2024, contradicting Syed’s claims about the timing of the video. This discrepancy uncovers the falsehood of Syed's statements about the video’s age.
Muhammad and Haris have shared images on social media of them conversing with Pakistani military officials. Dr. Saeed’s profile on NUML’s website shows a paper he published in Mumbai's Humanities and Social Sciences Review in 2021.
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Following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the UN Security Council sanctioned Lakhvi. Countries like the U.S., India, and several European nations have imposed sanctions on him. U.S. officials confirm Lakhvi’s ties to Al-Qaeda and his involvement in orchestrating international terrorist attacks.
Intelligence sources reveal Lakhvi resides openly in homes across Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Okara. Pakistan’s court convicted him of terror financing just as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was about to blacklist Pakistan. Sources informed India Today that Lakhvi’s arrest was merely a charade.
Since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, India hasn’t toured Pakistan. The ICC Champions Trophy is scheduled in Pakistan for 2025, but the BCCI has concerns over playing there due to security issues. As of now, India's participation remains undecided.
