The founding member of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi, who was the deputy of Hafiz Saeed, has been “confirmed deceased”, the United Nations Safety Council acknowledged on Thursday. He was additionally a key conspirator within the 26/11 assaults in 2008 and the UNSC mentioned that he died of cardiac arrest in Could 2023.
The LeT-orchestrated 26/11 Mumbai assaults over the course of 4 days, killed as many as 166 folks and injured 300. Additionally, Hafiz Saeed is a UN-proscribed terrorist and the authorities lately issued a request to Pakistan for the extradition of Hafiz Saeed to India.
In a press word on its official web site, the UN additional mentioned that Bhuttavi, 77, died in Muridke in Pakistan’s Punjab province whereas he was below the custody of the Pakistan authorities.
“Bhuttavi died of cardiac arrest in Muridke, Punjab Province on 29 Could 2023, whereas he was in custody of the Authorities of Pakistan,” the UNSC’s assertion learn.
It added that Bhuttavi took prices of the group’s day-to-day capabilities for the interval when Hafiz Saeed was detained, days after the Mumbai terror assaults. Hafiz Saeed was launched from Pakistani authorities’ custody in June 2009. Presently, Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of the Mumbai terror assault and outlawed Jamat-ud-Dawah chief is serving a 78-year-imprisonment sentence in Pakistan.
The UNSC additionally acknowledged that in mid-2002, Bhuttavi was in-charge of creating a LeT organisational base in Lahore, Pakistan. He was listed on March 14, 2023 as being related to Al-Qaida for taking part in or supporting the actions of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The date on which the narrative abstract about Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttavi turned accessible on the Committee’s web site was March 14, 2012, whereas it was up to date on December 19, 2023.
