New Delhi: India has officially requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, sources said.
According to sources the Ministry of External Affairs has sent a formal request to the Pakistani government, urging them to initiate the legal process for Saeed's extradition.
The Ministry however has not given any official statement regarding the matter. It is pertinent to note that Saeed has been listed as one of India's most wanted terrorists and carries a $10 million bounty placed by the US for his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
While India officially supported the American move, there were protests against it in Pakistan. India has repeatedly demanded Saeed's extradition to face trial for the Mumbai attacks, but the absence of an extradition treaty between India and Pakistan can be an impediment.
In fact, Saeed is reportedly behind bar after being sentenced to 31 years of imprisonment by a Pakistani court in a terror funding case. However, there is no definite proof that he is incarcerated.
India had declared Saeed's son, Talha Saeed, a terrorist under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in 2022.
However, Saeed Junior is planning to try his luck in the Pakistani elections under the aegis of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), which was shown the light of the day by his father.
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