Saeed not under arrest or protective custody: Punjab police

PAK-LD SAEED

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Sep 25 (PTI) JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, blamed
by India for masterminding the Mumbai attacks, is not under
arrest or protective custody, a top police official has said
amid contradictory reports about his status in the run-up to
Sunday's Indo-Pak Foreign Ministers' meeting.

Punjab police chief Tariq Saleem Dogar said Saeed is not
under arrest or house arrest and he has also not been placed
in protective custody.
Saeed, also the founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), has only
been "advised" and "requested" to restrict his movements for
the sake of his own safety and security, Dogar told a news
conference in Rawalpindi Thursday.
His remarks came as India demanded speedy investigation of
the accused in the Mumbai terror attacks, particularly Saeed.
The issue is set to dominate the meeting between India's
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani
counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in New York on Sunday on the
margins of the UN General Assembly.
Other Pakistani police officials, including Lahore police
chief Pervaiz Rathore, however, have been maintaining that
Saeed has been put under house arrest following registration
of two cases against him under Anti-Terrorism Act for inciting
people to wage 'jehad' and seeking funds for his banned group.

Saeed Thursday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court
seeking quashing of the two FIRS. His lawyer A K Dogar claimed
that the FIRs were "without lawful authority and of no legal
effect." PTI RHL
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