26/11 Mumbai assaults mastermind Hafiz Saeed is showered with flower petals as he walks to courtroom earlier than a Pakistani courtroom ordered his launch from home arrest in Lahore, Pakistan November 22, 2017. REUTERS
The Indian authorities has formally requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults, to India and face trial in varied circumstances registered towards the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder by the Nationwide Investigation Companies (NIA).
Authorities sources to News18 stated a Letter of Rogatory despatched to Pakistan names Hafiz Saeed because the accused in a number of NIA circumstances, together with terror assaults and funding of terror teams in Kashmir.
“He is also indulging in anti-national and subversive activities in the Kashmir valley,” an official stated.
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“This is a Letter of Rogatory which Pakistan agencies have not replied to. We are awaiting a reply. We will follow up again,” one other official stated.
Sources additional stated earlier than any chance of talks between India and Pakistan, Islamabad should adjust to New Delhi’s extradition request of Hafiz Saeed.
India has repeatedly demanded Hafiz Saeed’s extradition to face trial for the 26/11 Mumbai assaults, however there was complication within the course of as each the international locations would not have an extradition treaty.
A letter Letter Rogatory was despatched to Pakistan in 2018 again in 2018 when responding to a query in Rajya Sabha, then-Minister of Exterior Affairs within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs V Ok Singh had stated since India and Pakistan “do not have an Extradition Treaty,” the Indian authorities has despatched a Letter Rogatory to the federal government of Pakistan for help in investigation in Mumbai terror assault together with towards Hafiz Saeed and his associates.
“There has been no response from Pakistan,” Singh had stated.
“India has consistently called upon Pakistan for an expeditious and successful conclusion of the trial against the accused in Pakistan. It has been conveyed that the conspiracy for the Mumbai terror attack took place in Pakistan and therefore, it is the responsibility of Pakistan to present all necessary evidences to the trial court,” Singh had stated.
A brand new political entrance of Hafiz Saeed has fielded candidates for many of the nationwide and provincial Meeting constituencies throughout Pakistan for the overall elections within the nation scheduled for 8 February, 2024.
Hafiz Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist, has been in jail since July 2019 after being convicted for a number of years in a number of terror finance circumstances. He was sentenced for 11 years.
In December 2008, he was listed beneath the ‘United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee on Al-Qaida and ISIL’ following the 26/11 Mumbai terror assault the identical yr.
Not simply in India, Hafiz Saeed has additionally been designated as worldwide terrorist by the USA and the EU. The US has positioned a $10 million bounty on him.
He was put beneath home arrest by Pakistani authorities in 2017, however was subsequently launched after being cleared of costs towards him, drawing sturdy criticism from the US and India.
Final yr in April, paperwork confirmed {that a} courtroom in Pakistan had sentenced Hafiz Saeed to 31 years in jail in reference to terrorism financing.
Regardless of courtroom sentencing Hafiz Saeed, it’s unclear whether or not he’s in jail as some studies have claimed that he stays a free man after being launched from home arrest in 2017.
Studies even have claimed earlier that Hafiz Saeed had been arrested and launched a number of occasions over the previous decade.
With inputs from businesses