Pakistan puts Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed under house arrest

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday ordered Hafiz Saeed, accused by the US and India of masterminding the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people, placed under house arrest, a spokesman for Saeed’s organisation said.

Police arrived at the headquarters of the Jamaat ud Dawa charity that Saeed runs in Lahore with orders to place him under house arrest, JuD spokesman Yahya Mujahid told Reuters by telephone.

Saeed’s continued freedom has been a source of continuing friction between Pakistan and India as well as the US.

“These steps are being taken to please India,” Mujahid said. Reuters