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.