The denials made by Pakistan notwithstanding, the neighboring country continues to protect and shield Dawood Ibrahim and Hafeez Saeed, two of the most wanted terrorists in India. While Dawood lives in Karachi and is protected by ISI agents, Saeed is provided protection by the Pakistani government on par with a visiting head of state, LeT operative Abdul Kareem Tunda has confessed in his statement to the Special Investigative Team (SIT).
"Saeed travels in a convoy of 12 vehicles that includes three bullet-proof cars. The bullet-proof cars keep shuffling in the convoy whenever he travels within a city or outside," Tunda revealed. Perhaps he is among a select few in Pakistan who have been given this kind of maximum security, the confession added. Saeed, the chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa, has close links with the LeT. He is said to be the main brain behind the terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2006. He has been declared a terrorist by India, US, UK and European Union and carries a bounty of $ 10 million on his head. The UN has declared his outfit a terrorist organization.
Tunda, in his statement, said Saeed has amassed immense wealth in the last few years. He has accounts in Pakistan and foreign countries including Belgium. "In Al-Falah Bank, Lahore, alone he has over Rs 5 crore," Tunda told his interrogators.
SIT had brought Tunda to Hyderabad from Delhi and got his custody for seven days. At the end of SIT custody on Friday, he was sent to Cherlapally Jail. SIT is investigating Tunda's links with the terror attacks in the city in the past.
Asked about the whereabouts of Dawood Ibrahim, another character on the most wanted list of India, Tunda said the smuggler-turned-terrorist lives in the port city of Karachi and is protected by ISI agents. Tunda said he met Dawood twice between 2000 and 2002 in Pakistan. "Dawood is in the habit of spending lavishly on the ISI operatives. They reciprocate by providing him tight security and hiding his movements from the media and the public," Tunda told the SIT.
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