Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed sentenced to 15 years for terror financing

Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief, Hafiz Saeed was on Friday sentenced to 15 years and six months imprisonment by an anti-terrorism court (ATC), reported Express Tribune.

The Mumbai terror attack mastermind was convicted on the charges of terror-financing for managing the assets of a proscribed orgsation, and help in raising the funds.

The ATC also forfeited property possessed by Saeed, besides imposing a fine of Rs 110,000 on him. According to the details released by the proscribed outfit, those convicted would also have to pay a fine of Rs 200,000 each, reported Express Tribune.

ATC also handed down punishments to Hafiz Abdul Salam, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Ashraf and Yahya Mujahid to 15 years and six-month imprisonment, whereas six-month imprisonment was handed down to Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, it reported.

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) had registered the cases against the convicts under Section 11-N of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. The convicts committed terrorism financing by managing assets of a proscribed orgsation and helped raise funds. Earlier on November 19, ATC had convicted Hafiz Saeed and three others in two separate terror-financing cases, reported Express Tribune.

( With inputs from ANI )