New Delhi:
Pakistani authorities have placed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, under house arrest. According to the Pakistan media, a police party has been deputed outside Saeed's residence, restricting his movement.
- On September 10, Home Minister P Chidambaram meets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington DC.
- A week later on September 18, two cases were filed against Saeed for inflammatory speeches against the state but not for 26/11.
- On the same day, the US Ambassador to India Tim Roemer says "Blood-thirsty 26/11 perpetrators must be punished."
- On September 21, Saeed put under house arrest.
- All this comes close on the heels of India and Pakistani foreign secretaries meeting later this week at New York on the sidelines of the UN general assembly.
Here's why Hafiz Saeed remains India's most wanted terrorist - Saeed is allegedly behind several attacks on Indian territory including the Parliament attack in 2001.
- Pakistan had detained Saeed on December 21, 2001 in connection with the December 13, attack on Parliament. He was held until March 31, 2002, arrested again on May 15, and was placed under house arrest.
- After the 11 July, 2006 Mumbai train bombings, Pakistan arrested him on August 9, 2006 and kept him under house arrest but he was later released on August 28, 2006.
- On 11 December, 2008, Hafiz Saeed was again placed under house arrest when the United Nations declared Jamaat-ud-Dawa to be a LeT front.
- After keeping the hardline Saeed under house arrest for close to six months, the Lahore High Court ordered his release in June this year.