November 10, 2012 6:07 PM

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Five prosecution witnesses in Mumbai attacks case cross-examined

Defence lawyers in Pakistan appearing for LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks completed their cross-examination of five prosecution witnesses who had testified against the accused on Saturday.

The prosecution witnesses, including officials of the Federal Investigation and operatives of intelligence agencies, were cross-examined for several hours. The hearing was held behind closed doors at the high security Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

After the completion of the cross-examination, Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman adjourned the proceedings till December 1.The judge said an application filed by the prosecution seeking day-to-day hearings of the case will be taken up at the next hearing.

Chief prosecutor Chaudhry Zulifqar Ali said the witnesses have appeared six to seven times in court and the defence have finally completed the cross-examination.

The five witnesses who were cross-examined on Saturday had earlier informed the court about the transfer of funds from Pakistan to the US to acquire Voice over Internet Protocol connections that were used by the terrorists who stormed

India's financial hub in November 2008.

They told the judge that 250 dollars were transferred to a New Jersey-based firm to buy VoIP connections used for communications between the terrorists in Mumbai and their handlers in Pakistan.

The witnesses also gave the court details of the training camps where the attackers had prepared for the assault on Mumbai.

The seven suspects, including LeT operations commander Lakhvi, have been charged with planning, financing and executing the attacks that killed 166 people.

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