Saeed is accused by India and the US of being concerned within the 2008 assaults, which killed 166 folks.
India has formally requested that Pakistan extradite the 2008 Mumbai assaults suspect Hafiz Saeed for trial in India, in line with New Delhi’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
“We’ve conveyed a request together with related supporting paperwork to the federal government of Pakistan,” ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi instructed reporters in a briefing on Friday.
Bagchi stated the final communication was despatched to Pakistan “just a few weeks in the past”, native media reported.
Saeed, who’s at the moment in custody in Pakistan, co-founded the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) armed group. He’s accused by India and america of being concerned within the assaults on India’s monetary hub, which killed 166 folks.
India has lengthy been asking its neighbour at hand Saeed over to face trial within the case.
Saeed denies any involvement within the 2008 assaults, during which 10 gunmen slipped into Mumbai by boat from Pakistan. The gunmen carried out assaults at metropolis landmarks for days.
Pakistani authorities positioned him below home arrest for various intervals, accusing him of involvement in armed teams. Saeed was jailed on April 9, 2002, by a Pakistani court docket for 31 years in reference to “terrorism” financing.
Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa group has additionally been banned by the Pakistani authorities. The organisation, which has been accused of funding armed teams, was declared a “terror” outfit by the US in 2001.
America had provided a reward of $10m for info resulting in his conviction.
India hanged the lone survivor of the 2008 assault, Pakistan nationwide Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, in 2012.
Kashmir connection
LeT has been accused of utilizing Pakistani soil to assault Indian safety and authorities targets in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Pakistan and India each declare the mountainous territory of Kashmir in full however administer separate parts of it.
They’ve fought two of their three full-fledged wars over the territory. India has additionally accused Pakistan of supporting armed teams like LeT and Jaish-e-Muhammad that function in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Pakistan denies the fees, saying it has been appearing in opposition to all armed teams working on its soil. Islamabad backs Kashmiri’s proper to self-determination in opposition to Indian rule.
India’s prime court docket final week upheld a 2019 authorities choice to strip the Muslim-majority area’s restricted autonomy and put the area below direct rule from New Delhi. Tens of hundreds of Indian troops are stationed within the area to quell an armed rebellion that erupted within the late Eighties.
India has been accused of human rights violations and undermining the democratic rights of Kashmiris, however New Delhi says its powerful measures are aimed toward ending what it calls “terrorism”.
Final week, Indian troopers had been accused of killing three Kashmir civilians in custody. The federal government has launched an investigation into the deaths.