A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks on Saturday recorded the statement of an official who registered the First Information Report (FIR) against the accused.
Sardar Muhammad Azam, who was a Deputy Director of the Federal Investigation Agency when he registered the FIR, gave the court details of the procedure during proceedings held behind closed doors at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, sources said.
The court adjourned the case till November 29 after recording the official's statement, defence counsel Khwaja Sultan said. The statements of some other prosecution witnesses will be recorded at the next hearing. Judge Shahid Rafique is conducting the trial in Adiala Jail for security reasons.
Proceedings in the case recently got underway following a delay of several weeks. Only a handful of over 160 prosecution witnesses have testified so far.