India fumes as Pakistan omits 26/11 attack mastermind's name from terror list

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India fumes as Pakistan omits 26/11 attack mastermind's name from terror list
India fumes as Pakistan omits 26/11 attack mastermind's name from terror list

New Delhi : India on Thursday rejected Pakistan's updated terror list in which they have allegedly removed the name of Hafiz Saeed and other terrorists involved in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, saying the document “glaringly omits the mastermind and key conspirators” of the carnage in the financial hub.

The list of wanted terrorists, posted on the website of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), names mostly members of the crew of two boats used by the attackers to travel to Mumbai and those who helped finance the attacks through money transfers. Most of the 19 men are members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

“While the list includes a select few members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN designated terror entity based in Pakistan, including the crew members of the boats used to execute the 26/11 attacks, it glaringly omits the mastermind and key conspirators of the heinous terror attack,” Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava told a weekly news briefing.

India has accused Hafiz Saeed of conducting the Mumbai attack and Pakistan had been continuously denying the fact of his involvement in 2008 blasts. Saeed is currently in Lahore jail for terror financing.

Srivastava pointed out that the Mumbai terror attacks were “planned, executed and launched from Pakistan’s territory” and said: “The list makes it clear that Pakistan possesses all the necessary information and evidence on the conspirators and facilitators of the Mumbai terror attacks based in Pakistan.”

The Indian government has “repeatedly called on the government of Pakistan to give up its obfuscation and dilatory tactics in discharging its international obligations in the Mumbai terror attacks trial”, he added.

It is a “matter of serious concern that, despite its own public acknowledgement as well as the availability of all necessary evidence, including that shared by India, Pakistan is yet to show sincerity in delivering justice to the families of 166 victims from 15 countries...even as we near the 12th anniversary of the 26/11 attacks”, he said.