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India has sent an extradition request to the Pakistan government to hand over 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed to face trial in the case, the Ministry of External Affairs said Friday.
Addressing a press briefing, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Saeed is wanted in numerous cases in India and is also a UN-proscribed terrorist.
“We have conveyed a request along with relevant supporting documents to the Government of Pakistan to extradite him to India to face trial in a particular case,” Bagchi said.
Stating that the government has been flagging the issue of activities that Hafiz Saeed has been wanted for, the MEA official added that this was a recent request.
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