LeT leader Bhuttavi, who trained 26/11 Mumbai attackers, dies in Pakistan jail
Bhuttavi had been designated as a terrorist by the United Nations security Council in 2012. He was arrested and charged with terror financing by Pakistan
PremiumLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, a terrorist who had helped prepare fellow militants for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, died in a prison in Pakistan, according to reports.
In what seems like a mysterious series of deaths, India's designated terrorists seem to be facing similar fates in neighbouring Pakistan, the death of terrorist Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, comes weeks after Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar was shot dead by unrecognised assailants in Pakistan's Lahore on Saturday. Notably, in 2011, India had handed over a list of fifty most wanted people by Delhi and seeking refuge in Pakistan , which included Panjwar.
According to Hindustan Times, the news of Bhuttavi's death was announced announced by several organisations affiliated to the terror group late on Monday night.
The death of Bhuttavi, who also served as acting head of the LeT when the group’s founder Hafiz Saeed was detained by Pakistani authorities in 2002 and 2008, was announced by several organisations affiliated to the terror group late on Monday night.
Bhuttavi had been designated as a terrorist by the United Nations security Council in 2012. He was arrested and charged with terror financing by Pakistan several years later and convicted along with LeT founder Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law Abdul Rahman Makki, in a terror financing case in August 2020. Bhuttavi was sentenced to 16-and-a-half-years.
When the US treasury department sanctioned Bhuttavi in September 2011, it said he had been responsible for fundraising, recruitment and indoctrination of LeT operatives for 20 years.
In the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, a total of 166 people, including foreign nationals, were killed and dozens more injured as a 10-member LeT team targeted several locations in Mumbai over three days in November 2008.
In the aftermath, Pakistan arrested seven LeT members, including operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, for the attacks but there has been no progress in their trial.
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