Lagatar24 Desk
Islamabad, June 25: Pakistan is said to have detained Sajid Mir, a key member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the man in charge of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, after years of denying his existence and even asserting that he was dead.
Sajid Majeed Mir, a member of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison by a Lahore anti-terrorism court earlier this month on charges of financing terrorism.
Mir’s conviction in a case involving terror financing was not announced by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police, which frequently notifies the media of suspect convictions in similar cases.
Additionally, the media was not permitted because it was an in-camera hearing at the jail.
The lawyer added that prisoner Mir, who is in his mid-40s, has been detained at Kot Lakhpat since his arrest in April. He claimed that the defendant was also fined more than Rs 4,00,000 by the court.
Earlier, Mir was thought to be dead.
Prior to the most recent Financial Action Task Force (FATF) conference, Pakistan purportedly informed the organisation that Sajid Mir had been detained and tried in an effort to get Pakistan removed from the FATF’s “Grey list.”
Sajid Mir, who is wanted in India for his involvement in the 166-death Mumbai assaults of 26/11, has a reward of USD 5 million.
Mir was referred to as the attacks in Mumbai’s “project manager.” According to reports, Mir travelled to India in 2005 with a false passport and name.
Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the JuD and the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks, has previously been given a 68-year prison term in terror financing crimes by the Lahore ATC.
He won’t have to serve a lengthy prison term because the sentences are running concurrently.
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, who oversaw the Mumbai attack operation, was also found guilty and sentenced to time behind bars. Saeed and Maki are both incarcerated in Lahore’s Kot Lapkhapt jail.
In connection with the charges involving terror financing, Saeed, an UN-designated terrorist for which the US has set a USD 10 million bounty, was captured in July 2019.
