Pakistani authorities on Thursday conducted raids across different cities of the Punjab province and took into custody several suspects in connection with the explosion outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed here.

At least three people were killed and 21 others injured in the blast that took place at a police picket outside Saeed’s residence at the BOR Society in Johar Town at around 11 am on Wednesday. Some police officers guarding his house also suffered serious injuries. The windows and walls of Saeed’s house were damaged from the impact of the blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.