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26/11 Mumbai terror assaults mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s son declared terrorist 

Through PTI

NEW DELHI: Hafiz Talha Saeed, the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, has been declared a terrorist via the federal government.

In a notification, the Union house ministry mentioned that Hafiz Talha Saeed, 46, has been actively inquisitive about recruitment, fund assortment, and making plans and executing assaults via the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in India and Indian pursuits in Afghanistan.

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He has additionally been actively visiting more than a few LeT centres throughout Pakistan, and throughout his sermons propagating for jihad towards India, Israel, the US of The united states and Indian pursuits in different western international locations, it said.

“And while, the central govt believes that Hafiz Talha Saeed is inquisitive about terrorism and he will have to be notified as a terrorist underneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967),” the notification mentioned.

Hafiz Saeed was once the mind at the back of the Mumbai terror assaults of November 26, 2008, wherein 166 other people have been killed.

He were declared a terrorist underneath the similar legislation a couple of years in the past and is these days serving a prison time period in Pakistan on terror fees.

India has been constantly in search of Hafiz Saeed’s custody however Pakistan has refused to take action.

Except the 26/11 assaults, the LeT has been chargeable for a sequence of fatal assaults in India, most commonly in Jammu and Kashmir, wherein rankings of civilians and safety workforce had been killed over time.