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Pakistan anti-terror court sentences LeT chief Hafiz Saeed to 31 years in jail

April 08, 2022
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LAHORE — Hafiz Saeed, the chief of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) and co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has been sentenced to 31 years in prison by an anti-terror court in Pakistan.

The 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind was sentenced in two cases, according to Pakistani news reports.

Lahore Anti-Terrorism court on Friday ordered that all his assets be seized. A fine of Rs 3,40,000 was also issued against him by the court.

The 70-year-old cleric had already been sentenced to 36 years' imprisonment in five terror-financing cases.

The total sentence of 68 years imprisonment will run concurrently.

Saeed was brought to the court from the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore where he has been imprisoned since 2019 in strict security.

Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist on whom the US has placed a $10 million bounty, was arrested in July 2019 in the terror financing cases.

Saeed-led JuD is the front organization for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans. — Agencies


April 08, 2022
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