Hafiz Saeed is counting his last breaths, he was returning home with Abu Qatal when he was shot, condition critical!
Big news came from Pakistan on Sunday. There is news of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed being shot. It is being told that he was returning to his hideout from Jhelum district of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), when he was showered with bullets. His right hand Abu Qatal was killed in this attack, while Hafiz’s condition is said to be critical.
According to the information received, Hafiz Saeed was returning after meeting the Pakistani Army Corps Commander Mangala. During this time, his right hand Abu Qatal was also with him. Then his car was showered with bullets. Qatal died in this attack, while Saeed was seriously injured. He has been admitted to the nearby Rawalpindi Military Hospital. However, this news has not been officially confirmed yet.
Who is Hafiz Saeed?
Hafiz Saeed is the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). He has been the mastermind of many major terrorist attacks in India. Hafiz Saeed is also the main accused of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in which 166 people lost their lives.
Hafiz Saeed was born in 1950 in Sargodha district of Punjab province of Pakistan. He did his studies from Pakistan’s University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore. Then from Pakistan he went to Saudi Arabia, where he got the opportunity to adopt radical Islamic ideology. In the 1980s, he took training in terrorist activities along with jihadists in Afghanistan.
Which crimes were carried out in India
- 2001: Involvement in Parliament attack
- 2006: Mumbai local train blasts (209 people died)
- 2008: Mumbai terror attack (166 people died)
- 2016: Uri attack (19 Indian soldiers martyred)
- 2019: Pulwama attack (40 CRPF jawans martyred)
Lashkar-e-Taiba and terrorism
In the 1990s, Hafiz Saeed founded Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was supported by Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. This organization was involved in terrorist activities against India and carried out many terrorist attacks in Kashmir. In 2002, India and America declared Lashkar a terrorist organization, after which Hafiz Saeed formed a new organization named Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). However, this organization was also found involved in terrorism related matters.
The United Nations has declared Hafiz Saeed a global terrorist and the US has placed a bounty of $10 million (about Rs 83 crore) on him. The Pakistan government also took some action against him for show, but always tried to protect him.
In 2019, after Pakistan’s name appeared in the FATF gray list, Pakistan arrested Hafiz Saeed in a terror funding case and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. However, this was just a result of international pressure, as Pakistan has often provided him protection.
