Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Toiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 5 years in jail on Friday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here in a terror financing case.

Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar sentenced UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi to five years of rigorous imprisonment each on three counts with a fine of PKR100,000 ($620) each on 3 counts. His punishment will run concurrently.

“The Anti-Terrorism Court Lahore convicted Lakhvi for commission of offences of terrorism financing in a case registered by the Counter-Terrorism Department for 15 years under different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997,” a court official said after the hearing.

“In default of payment of fine, he will have to undergo an imprisonment of six months each on three counts. He has been sent to prison to serve the sentences,” the official said.

Lakhvi, 61, pleaded before the court that he was “falsely implicated” in this case and he had no nexus with the LeT or any other organisation. He was accused of running a dispensary and using funds collected for terrorism financing. “He and others also collected funds from this dispensary and used these funds for further terrorism financing.