As Pakistan charged Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in two fresh cases, neither of it dealing with the 26/11 attack, the US has upped the ante, saying it was important that “swift and lengthy” punishment be given to the six Mumbai terror attack suspects in Pakistan.
“Going after Hafiz Saeed and dismantling terror infrastructure in that region are extremely important for both the US and India... It is extremely important that these perpetrators be brought to justice and put behind bars, and receive sentences commensurate with their crimes against India, US and the world,” US Ambassador Timothy J Roemer said here on Friday, after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram.
The two FIRs lodged at police stations in Faisalabad against Saeed and a close aide, Abu Jandal, under a provision of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, accuse him of “inciting” people to wage jehad against “infidels”, a senior police officer told PTI. The founder of the banned Lashker-e-Toiba, Saeed is accused of asking people to wage jehad at iftaar dinners and at a meeting with JuD activists on August 27 and 28.
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