US announces $10 mln bounty on Hafiz Saeed

US announces $10 mln bounty on Hafiz Saeed
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Summary US Undersecretary of State for political affairs announced the bounty during her visit to India.

United States has announced a $10 million dollar reward for the capture or information leading to the arrest Hafiz Saeed, the founder of banned groups Lashkare-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Indian media reported.Reports, on Tuesday, claimed that the announcement by the Obama administration was formally conveyed to New Delhi by visiting US Under-Secretary of Political Affairs, Wendy Sherman yesterday.In her maiden trip to India, Sherman further informed top Indian officials that apart from Saeed, his brother-in-law and co-founder of Lashkar Abdul Rehman Makki also carries a bounty of $3 million on his head.Lashkar-e-Taiba, and principally Hafiz Saeed, are accused of planning and executing the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
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