Arms dealer Lakhani agrees not to press for bail
Thursday, September 11 2003 13:34 Hrs (IST)
New York: India-born British arms dealer Hemant Lakhani, charged with trying to sell Russian-made
surface-to-air missiles to undercover agents posing as Islamic militants, has agreed not to press for bail
and will remain in jail.
The court was to hear his bail application on September 11, the second anniversary of terrorist attacks
on the US, and his lawyers were pressing his case for bail.
Judge Susan Wigenton, according to court sources, had ruled on September 9 that no combination of
money and security could "reasonably" assure the appearance of Lakhani in the court.
At his last hearing earlier this month, the defence lawyers had demanded that prosecution present a
witness directly linking Lakhani to the crime and the judge had given the prosecutors time to do so. The
defence had said Lakhani could live under house arrest after posting $ 1 million bail.
PTI
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