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India's most-wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan, NIA tells Jammu court, secures warrant

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India's most-wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan, NIA tells Jammu court, secures warrant
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LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, India's most-wanted terrorist, is in Pakistan, the NIA told a Special Court in Jammu, securing a second non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him in two months in connection with a terror case related to the supply of weapons, funds, and directions to terror groups operating in the Union Territory.

The court was hearing an application filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking an NBW against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder and designated terrorist under Section 75 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

The application described Saeed, a resident of Sargodha in Punjab (Pakistan), as an "absconding accused" in a case related to the arrest of Mohammad Naqeeb Bhat during a check at Pandach on the outskirts of Srinagar earlier in the year.

A China-made grenade and 15 live rounds were recovered from Bhat, a resident of Batpora.

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