Most JuD activists untraceable; Saeed's aide detained in Pindi

Islamabad, Dec 16 (PTI) A former Pakistani Colonel considered close to JuD leader Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has been put under house arrest in Rawalpindi as part of the crackdown on the group declared a terrorist outfit by the UN, even as most of its activists in the garrison city and nearby areas remained untraceable.

Police in Rawalpindi have confined top Jamaat-ud-Dawa
(JuD) leader Col (Retd) Nazir Ahmed to his residence in
Chaklala for three months as part of the ongoing clampdown on
the front organisation of the Lashkar-e-Toiba blamed for the
Mumbai attacks.

An official report accessed by the 'Daily Times' showed
that 40 wanted JuD activists belonging to Rawalpindi and
nearby areas were named in the document. However, police had
succeeded in detaining only Ahmed, a close aide of the group's
Saeed.

The 39 JuD activists, who remained untraced, belong to
Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Attock and Chakwal. Police have also
sealed five JuD offices in Rawalpindi, Jhelum and Attock.

Following the crackdown, JuD activists had gone into
hiding, the report said. A police official said the net was
being tightened around them and they would soon be arrested.

Police and other law enforcement agencies are sharing
intelligence and plain-clothe officials are keeping an eye on
the sealed offices, the official said.

JuD chief Saeed, also the founder of LeT, and about 50
leaders and activists of the group have been detained for up
to three months as part of the crackdown launched last week.

Authorities have also rounded up more than 20 LeT
members, including operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi,
the suspected mastermind of the Mubai attacks.

The whereabouts of these LeT members were unknown though
Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani recently said they were being
questioned and investigated by authorities. PTI RHL
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