India has “conveyed a request with relevant supporting documents to the government of Pakistan” to extradite 26/11 Mumbai assaults mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned Friday.
Addressing a press briefing, Bagchi mentioned Saeed is needed in quite a few circumstances in India and can be a UN-proscribed terrorist.
“We have conveyed a request along with relevant supporting documents to the Government of Pakistan to extradite him to India to face trial in a particular case,” the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) spokesperson mentioned.
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India has been flagging the difficulty of actions that Saeed is needed for, Bagchi mentioned, including that “This is a recent request…”
#WATCH | On extradition request to Pakistan at hand over 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi says, “The individual in query is needed in quite a few circumstances in India. He’s additionally a UN-proscribed terrorist. On this regard, now we have conveyed a request together with… pic.twitter.com/L5K1EvmFdM
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Pakistan-based Geo Information channel on Wednesday (27 December, 2023) reported that New Delhi has demanded Islamabad for handing over Saeed, who was detained in 2019 by Pakistani authorities in reference to fees of terror financing.
He has been convicted and sentenced in a minimum of 5 circumstances of terror financing since 2020.
Sources to News18 mentioned a Letter of Rogatory has been despatched to Pakistan and has Hafiz Saeed’s identify because the accused in a number of NIA circumstances, together with terror assaults and funding of terror teams in Kashmir.
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India has repeatedly demanded Saeed’s extradition to face trial for the 2008 Mumbai assaults, however there was complication within the course of as each the international locations would not have an extradition treaty.
A brand new political entrance of Saeed has fielded candidates for a lot of the nationwide and provincial Meeting constituencies throughout Pakistan for the overall elections within the nation scheduled for 8 February, 2024.
Additionally Learn: How Hafiz Saeed became one of India’s most wanted terrorists
Saeed was listed beneath the ‘United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee on Al-Qaida and ISIL’ in December 2008, following the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults.
He has additionally been designated as worldwide terrorist by the USA and the EU. The US has positioned a $10 million bounty on him.
With inputs from companies