India has requested Pakistan to extradite Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who is wanted in the country for various terror attacks, including the 2008 Mumbai terror strikes.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the request along with certain documents seeking the terrorist's extradition was sent to Islamabad recently.
Saeed, 71, was sentenced to 33 years in jail by a Pakistan court after being convicted in two cases of terror financing in April last year. The case was filed by Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Department.
Saeed is a terrorist proscribed by the United Nations.
India's move comes amid a recent development that Hafiz Saeed-backed by Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) will contest the upcoming general elections in Pakistan. Saeed's son Talha Saeed is also in the run and will contest the polls from the National Assembly's constituency NA-127, Lahore.
