Mumbai attack orchestrator Hafiz Saeed, the brains behind the notorious event, finds himself amidst a 78-year-long imprisonment stint in Pakistan, according to the United Nations. The outlawed chief of Jamat-ud-Dawah, Saeed, convicted in seven terror financing cases, has been under the custody of the Pakistani government since February 12, 2020.
Designated a global terrorist by the UN Security Council back in December 2008, Saeed's fate was confirmed in an amended entry by the Sanctions Committee.
In response to India's extradition request in December 2023, the UN-proscribed terrorist remains a sought-after figure by Indian probe agencies for his involvement in various terror cases. The Security Council Committee also made amendments to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List, implementing measures such as assets freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo against certain individuals and entities.
Notably, the Sanctions Committee acknowledged the demise of Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, a founding member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Saeed's deputy. Bhuttavi, a UN-designated terrorist responsible for training LeT attackers in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, passed away in prison in May the previous year, while serving a sentence for terror financing in Pakistan's Punjab province.
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