The son of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been declared a terrorist by the government under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed has been declared a terrorist by the government.
26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed has been declared a terrorist by the government.
In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said that 46-year-old Hafiz Talha Saeed was actively involved in recruitment, fundraising and planning and carrying out attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in India and in Indian interests in Afghanistan. Is.
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He has been actively visiting various Lashkar centers across Pakistan, and during his sermons preaching jihad against Indian interests in India, Israel, the United States and other western countries, it is said.
The notification said, “And whereas, the Central Government is of the view that Hafiz Talha Saeed is involved in terrorism and he is to be notified as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) Needed.”
Hafiz Saeed was the brain behind the 26 November 2008 Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people were killed.
He was declared a terrorist under the same law a few years back and is currently serving a prison term in Pakistan on terror charges.
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India has been continuously demanding the custody of Hafiz Saeed but Pakistan has refused to do so.
Apart from the 26/11 attacks, Lashkar-e-Taiba has been responsible for several deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which several civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.