Saeed is 'in custody', says Pak PM

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Sep 22 (PTI) Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz
Mohd Saeed, blamed by India for masterminding the Mumbai
attacks, is "in custody" of Pakistani authorities, Prime
Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced Tuesday but did not make
it clear whether he has been arrested.

Asked by reporters if Saeed had been arrested, Gilani
replied: "The Interior Ministry can tell you the actual
position but I believe he is in custody."
"A decision on his case will be taken on the basis of laws
and evidence (against him)," Gilani, who spoke in Urdu, said
in his hometown of Multan.
Gilani also said Pakistan is conducting an investigation
into the Mumbai incident "in an honest manner."
"Action will be taken on the basis of evidence that we get
and I want to assure you that Pakistan will not allow any
terrorist to use its soil and no one will be given an
opportunity to carry out terrorist activities directed against
another country from Pakistan," he said.
Police in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore imposed
restrictions on Saeed's movements on Sunday night. Though no
formal written order has been issued to detain Saeed or
restrict his movements, Lahore police chief Pervaiz Rathore
Monday told PTI that the JuD chief was "under house arrest."

India expects Pakistan to act swiftly against Saeed, also
the founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). (More) PTI RHL
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