$10 million US bounty to capture 26/11 mastermind Hafiz

Agencies

New Delhi, 03 April 2012: The US has announced a $10 million bounty for the capture of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba’s head Hafiz Saeed.

 

With this Saeed, a mastermind in Mumbai’s 2008 terror attacks, has joined the ranks of the United States government’s most wanted list.

 

The US decision was conveyed to foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai by visiting US undersecretary of political affairs Wendy Sherman on Monday.

 

After the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, India had formally sought that Saeed’s parent organization, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa be kept on the UN terror list, which Saeed countered by claiming that the JUD was only a charity organization which funds and runs orphanages and religious schools.

 

India has been asking in vain Pakistan to act against Saeed since the 2008 attacks. The new US decision is likely to put more pressure on Islamabad.