Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed’s spokesperson Yahya Mujahid has been sentenced to another 15 years in jail by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in a terror financing case.
Mujahid was last month handed down 32 years jail term by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in two terror financing cases.
Besides Mujahid, the ATC Lahore on Wednesday also handed down 15 years imprisonment to JuD’s senior leader Zafar Iqbal and six months jail term to Saeed’s brother-in-law Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki.
Earlier, the ATC Lahore had sentenced Iqbal for 26 years imprisonment in three such cases.
Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar announced the verdict under different provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.
The three convicts were present in the court when the judge announced the verdict.
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police had registered as many as 41 FIRs against JuD leaders, including Saeed in different cities. The trial courts have so far decided 25 cases.
The ATC has sentenced Saeed for a collective imprisonment of 21 years on terror financing charges under sections 11-N of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 in four cases so far.