3 accused in Lankan team attack freed

The three had filed bail applications in which they claimed they were linked to the case two years after the attack on the Sri Lankan team. They claimed they had no criminal record.

The three men also said that since the Supreme Court had granted bail to Ishaq,the alleged mastermind of the incident,the statutory right of bail of suspects in the case had been established.

According to the prosecution,the three men,along with Qari Wahab alias Umer Daraz,Zubair,Naik Muhammad,Malik Ishaq,Mohsin and Ashfaq had on March 3,2009 attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team near the Liberty Chowk in Lahore.