India no longer has another enemy. The death of Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttawi, the founding member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, who trained terrorists during the Mumbai attacks (26/11), has been confirmed.
The United Nations confirmed Bhuttawi’s death. Bhuttawi was close to Hafiz Saeed and also his deputy.
Terrorist Hafiz Abdul Salam Bhuttawi died on May 29, 2023, but the United Nations has now officially confirmed it on its website.
It states that he died while in the custody of the Pakistan government in Punjab province.
Bhuttawi, who established the Lashkar headquarters in Muridke, Pakistan, was the deputy of banned terrorist organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. JuD is the main terrorist organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
After Bhuttawi’s death, a person associated with the Jamaat had said that 77-year-old Bhuttawi had been imprisoned in Sheikhupura District Jail, about 60 kilometers from Lahore, since October 2019 in a terrorist financing case.
On May 29, he felt severe chest pain and was then taken to the hospital. After reaching here he was declared dead.
Bhuttawi served as the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamaat-ud-Dawa (LeT/JuD) on at least two occasions when Hafiz Saeed was detained.
Saeed was taken into custody a few days after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks and remained in custody until June 2009. Bhuttawi handled the day-to-day operations of the terrorist organization during this period, and took decisions on behalf of the organization.
The United Nations reports on its website that Bhuttawi helped prepare operatives for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, by lecturing on the merits of operations.
More than 150 people were killed and many were injured in the Mumbai attacks. Bhuttawi is believed to be responsible for the madrassa network of LeT/JuD.
At the same time, in mid-2002, Bhuttawi was also in charge of establishing the organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Lahore, Pakistan.
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