Pakistan makes flimsy excuses to save Global Terrorist Hafiz Saeed: India

New Delhi, January 20: India slammed Pakistan for protecting Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed on Friday. India has hit back saying that Pakistan has turned a blind eye to the evidence available against the UN designated terrorist.

“If somebody is a designated global terrorist, it’s done based on a lot of evidence available in public domain. You can close your eyes, pretend nothing happened but they have to realise what’s in front of them and take action against such people, who are freely operating from their soil.” MEA spokesperson said.

"He is the prime organiser of Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan has to fulfill its international obligations and demonstrate seriousness in taking action against such global terrorist and not to hide behind flimsy excuses."

India’s reaction came after Abbasi in a TV interview referred to Hafiz Saeed as ‘sahib’ or ‘sir’ saying that no action can be taken as there is no case against him.

On Thursday, the United States also called for the prosecution of Hafiz Saeed to the fullest extent of the law. Reacting strongly to Abbasi’s comments in a recent interview, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said that the US believes that Saeed should be prosecuted and they have told Pakistan as much.

The leader of the terrorist-designated Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Hafiz Saeed was released from house arrest late in November. Meanwhile, the US has sought immediate re- arrest of Saaed, warning Islamabad that there would be repercussions for bilateral ties if it fails to act.

The 67-yr old Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Seed has a $10 million American bounty on his head for terror activities. Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, including six Americans, was included in the terror list on December 10, 2008, by the United Nations Security Council.

Washington strongly reacted at the release of the notorious Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leader Hafiz Saeed from the house arrest and warned regarding the repercussions in the event the country did not take any action against him.