The leader of a banned Islamist group that India has accused of carrying out attacks on Mumbai late last year was placed under house arrest again yesterday.
Pakistani police prevented Haikz Muhammad Saeed from leaving his home for Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations marking the end of Ramadan. Saeed is a founder of lashkar-e-Taiba - the militant group New Delhi claims masterminded the commando-style assault that killed 166 people in November.
"We have orders from the government to restrict his movement," police official Sohail Sukhera said. "We have asked him not to leave his house."
Sukhera would not specify why Saeed was being confined to his home in Lahore, or say for how long.
India blames Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai assault staged by 10 gunment, nine of whom were killed. Under tremendous international pressure, Pakistan acknowledged much of the plot originated on its soil.
Interior Minister Rehaman Malik said on Saturday that Saeed was under investigation.
"We arrest the accused only if we have evidence. I assure you, and I assure my Indian counterpart, that if there is evidence against [Saeed] during our investigation... he will not get out of the clutches of law," Malik said.
At least seven other suspects in the Mumbai attacks have been in closed-door pre-trial hearings at a maximum-security prison in Rawalpindi. So far no changes have been filed.
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