Four persons closely associated with Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed have been arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department of the Government of Punjab, news agency ANI reported on Friday, adding that the arrested persons have been identified by the police as Zafar Iqbal, Hafiz Yahya Aziz, Muhammad Ashraf, and Abdul Salam. Pakistan: Four persons closely associated with Hafiz Saeed have been arrested by Counter Terrorism Department of Government of Punjab. Arrested persons are Zafar Iqbal, Hafiz Yahya Aziz, Muhammad Ashraf and Abdul Salam — ANI (@ANI) October 10, 2019Hafiz Saeed is associated with several Pakistan-based Islamist terror organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD), banned in India and several other countries who have listed Saeed as an individual in their most wanted list. Hafiz Saeed is also linked with the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that had claimed the lives of 164 civilians. Earlier, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at Hussainiwala border in Ferozepur at Punjab border spotted a drone entering from Pakistan's side on Monday night, sources said.

Source: dna October 10, 2019 18:45 UTC