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This is an archive article published on September 18, 2009

We will arrest Hafiz Saeed,claim Pak cops

Pakistani police plan to arrest hardline cleric Hafiz Saeed on charges of raising funds for Lashkar e Toiba.

Pakistani police plan to arrest hardline cleric Hafiz Saeed,also accused by India in the Mumbai terror attacks,on charges of raising funds for the terrorist group Lashkar e Toiba,a senior officer said on Friday.

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has always claimed that his Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a charity that helps victims of natural disasters and the poor.

Police officer Mohammed Tahir said on Friday that two criminal cases had been filed against Saeed because he illegally held a public gathering and raised funds for Jamaat-ud-Dawa in the city of Faisalabad in Punjab province last month.

“We will definitely arrest him,” said Tahir,without saying when.

A spokesman for Saeed said he had yet to be arrested and that he planned to consult with lawyers.

Pakistan arrested Saeed in December after India provided a dossier of evidence in a rare sharing of intelligence. But in June,a Pakistani court freed Saeed from house arrest,saying there was not enough evidence to hold him.

India has maintained he played a role in the attacks and has called on Pakistan to arrest him.

 

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