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26/11 terror attack mastermind freed in Pak

Updated on: 02 June,2009 11:59 AM IST  | 
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Lahore High Court orders release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed

26/11 terror attack mastermind freed in Pak

Chief of the hardline Islamist organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed, who was detained following the Mumbai terror attacks in India, was released by the Lahore High Court today.


A JuD spokesperson told reporters that Saeed, who was under house arrest, had been set free.


"Saeed is not a terrorist," the spokesperson said, adding that JuD is not a terror organisation.


Saeed was detained last December after the UN declared JuD, a frontal organisation of the Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT), a terrorist group. He was arrested after the November 26-28 terror attacks in Mumbai that left over 170 people dead.

A K Dogar, Saeed's lawyer, said the Lahore High Court described the detention of Saeed as illegal. He said another JuD leader Nazeer was also freed.

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