Pakistani police have arrested the founder of an outlawed Islamic militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba linked to Tuesday's terrorist attack in Jammu, official sources said on Thursday. Hafiz Mohamad Saeed, former leader of the hardline Lashkar-e-Taiba group, was taken into custody on Wednesday under laws that allow for suspects to be detained under suspicion of planning to create unrest, they said.


The move, also confirmed by Lashkar-e-Taiba spokesman Yahya Mujahid, came after Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani accused the group of involvement in the attack in Jammu on Tuesday which killed 34 people.

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The group, known for suicide bombings, was also one of two militant outfits which New Delhi blamed for an assault on the Indian parliament in December which led to a tense military standoff between India and Pakistan.

Pakistani security officials said he had been detained for interrogation about his links to other radical Islamic groups but the move was not connected to Tuesday's terrorist attack in Jammmu. Bureau Report