Hafiz Talha Saeed, son of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, has been booked under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. of Home Affairs (MHA) designated terrorist.
The Union Home Ministry said in a notification that 46-year-old Hafiz Talha Saeed was involved in recruitment, money laundering and planning and carrying out attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) against Indian interests in India and Afghanistan. has been actively involved in.
“The Central Government is of the view that Hafiz Talha Saeed is involved in terrorism and should be declared as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967),” the notification said.
Hafiz Saeed was the mastermind of the 26 November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed.
He was declared a terrorist under the same law a few years back and is currently serving a prison term in Pakistan on terror charges.
India has been continuously demanding the custody of Hafiz Saeed but Pakistan has refused to do so.
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Apart from the 26/11 attacks, Lashkar-e-Taiba has been responsible for several deadly attacks in India. Most of these have been attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in which many civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.
“The Central Government is of the view that Hafiz Talha Saeed is indulging in terrorism and Hafiz Talha Saeed should be treated as a terrorist under the said Act,” the Home Ministry notification said.
Notably, the Central Government had amended the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 in August 2019. This included a provision to designate a person as a terrorist. Prior to this amendment, only organizations could be designated as terrorist organisations.
According to the news published in Mint, after this amendment, the ministry had in July 2020 designated nine persons as designated terrorists under the provisions of the UAPA Act.