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Pakistani court frees head of terrorist organization
Jun 2, 2009, 6:16 GMT
Islamabad - A Pakistani court on Tuesday ordered the release of the founder of an Islamic militant group accused of having links to last year's Mumbai attacks, his lawyer said.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was detained and placed under house arrest in the eastern city of Lahore weeks after New Delhi claimed that the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist group he founded was involved in November 26 attacks in India's financial hub.
Saeed also heads the Islamic charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which was banned by the United Nations as a terrorist organization and a political front for the LeT in December.
His attorney, A K Dogar, said a three-member bench of the Lahore High Court had lifted the restrictions on his movement.
'The honourable judges ruled that his detention was illegal and unconstitutional, and therefore Hafiz Saeed and his aides should be released,' Dogar told reporters outside the courtroom.
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