NEW DELHI: India said Thursday it was outraged at a court order to release Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, who’s also accused of carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered Saeed’s release who carries a $10 million US bounty, after the government failed to back the charges of terrorism with evidence. He was put under house arrest in January following increased US pressure to rein in militant groups.
“India, as indeed the entire international community, is outraged that a self-confessed and a UN proscribed terrorist is allowed to walk free and continue with his evil agenda,” Raveesh Kumar, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, told reporters at a weekly briefing in New Delhi.
“It also appears to be an attempt by the Pakistani system to mainstream proscribed terrorists,” the spokesperson added.
Kumar said the radical leader’s release shows that ‘Pakistan continues with its policy to support and shield non-state actors who are involved in militant activities in the region’.
It is the third time that the cleric has been released by courts after authorities briefly detained him twice in the aftermath of the attacks in November 2008.
Lol there’s no evidence against Saeed. How can someone punish a person on suspicion ? Bounty on his head by US is just politically motivated.
Yes, this internationally wanted killer has put Pakistan on the world map – of terrorism. This man will, eventually, destroy Pakistan and give Pakistanis the dreaded terrorist label. Pakistanis prosecutors did not present proper evidence provided to them so that the court will have no choice but to let this mass murderer go. That’s what happens in a country where justice is merely a commodity for sale – to the highest bidder. The judiciary of Pakistan is a joke — Somalia, North Korea and Pakistan are in the same league. All are branded terrorist states.
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