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India has given enough evidence to Pak to try Saeed: Chidamabaram | Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said that India has given sufficient evidence to Pakistan to prosecute Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed for his involvement in last year’s Mumbai terror attacks. Chidambaram said the three
dossiers that India has so far handed over to Pakistan on the 26/11 attacks was
enough proof to nail Saeed. He added that his ministry had prepared a seven-page
response to Pakistan ’s latest queries on 26/11 attack case. The response contains
answers to Islamabad ’s latest queries which were of a routine nature, he added.
The latest dossier has been given to the Ministry of External Affairs, which is
expected to call Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik soon to hand
over the response. It may be noted that a full bench of the Lahore High Court
ordered the release from house arrest of Saeed, the prime accused of the November
2008 Mumbai attacks, on the basis of a habeas corpus petition filed by his lawyer.
The high court said that it had not received substantial evidence to continue
his detention. The Lahore High Court also ordered the release of another Jamaat-ud-Dawa
leader, Colonel (retired) Nazir Ahmad. Saeed was put under house arrest on December
11 last year, and his release was made after five months and 20 days. Pakistan
Attorney General had earlier told the Lahore High Court, that the government had
enough proof against Saeed to warrant extension of his arrest, but could not produce
that evidence in court. He had also said that Saeed had undeniable links with
the Al Qaeda. On July 28, Pakistan Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said there was
‘enough proof’ to put Saeed behind bars. “There is ‘not enough proof’ of Saeed’s
involvement in the 26/11 carnage, so the alleged mastermind could not be put behind
bars,” Malik said. Responding to reporters’ queries on the Lalgarh issue, Chidambaram
said the situation in West Bengal ’s Maoist-infested area is still “unstable”.
“We have made it clear to all States that while CPMFs will be available for deployment,
such deployment cannot be for an indefinite period, and that State Police Forces
would have to take over the responsibility of maintaining law and order as soon
as possible,” he said.
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