Pakistan: 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed gets 32 years in jail – Times of India
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NEW DELHI: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced Lashar-e-Taiba co-founder Hafiz Saeed to 31 years in prison after convicting him in two separate cases. Saeed, a mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, is a UN-designated terrorist and among India’s most wanted.
On Friday, anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge Ejaz Ahmad Bhuttar handed down 32 years jail term to Saeed in two FIRs registered by the Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab Police, a court official said.
He was sentenced for 15.5 years and 16.5 years respectively, he added.
Earlier in five such cases, the 70-year-old radical cleric had already been convicted for 36 years imprisonment. The total sentence of 68 years imprisonment will run concurrently, which means he might actually be behind bars for a much shorter period.
Saeed is a UN-designated terrorist and carries a bounty of $10 million on his head, announced by the US. However it is believed that he is allowed to carry on his activities freely in Pakistan, even from inside jail.
His organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa, now banned, was involved in collecting funds for terror related activities under the guise of philanthropy.
(With PTI inputs)
On Friday, anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge Ejaz Ahmad Bhuttar handed down 32 years jail term to Saeed in two FIRs registered by the Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab Police, a court official said.
He was sentenced for 15.5 years and 16.5 years respectively, he added.
Earlier in five such cases, the 70-year-old radical cleric had already been convicted for 36 years imprisonment. The total sentence of 68 years imprisonment will run concurrently, which means he might actually be behind bars for a much shorter period.
Saeed is a UN-designated terrorist and carries a bounty of $10 million on his head, announced by the US. However it is believed that he is allowed to carry on his activities freely in Pakistan, even from inside jail.
His organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa, now banned, was involved in collecting funds for terror related activities under the guise of philanthropy.
(With PTI inputs)
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