The US, which is battling the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, on Wednesday rejected an offer of help from Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the man believed to be the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. “We respect the Islamic tradition of help to the needy, but we can’t take Hafiz Saeed’s offer seriously…Saeed is wanted for suspected involvement in the Mumbai attacks, which killed 166 people. JuD is a UN&US-designated terrorist organisation,” the US embassy in Islamabad tweeted on Wednesday. Saeed – who heads the Jaamatud Dawa or JuD, believed to be a front for terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) – carries a $10 million bounty for information leading to his arrest. He is one of India’s most wanted men. Saeed said yesterday that his organisation was ready to help Americans affected by the Superstorm Sandy, which has left 45 people dead and more than eight million homeless. “We are ready to send food items, medicines and doctors to the US for the people affected by the storm,” Saeed had said, adding that though the US had put a bounty on his head, it was the duty of Muslims to help fellow human beings, irrespective of their faith, during a natural catastrophe.
