India has formally requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, suspected of involvement in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, for trial in India, foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters in a briefing on Friday (Dec 29).

"We have conveyed a request along with relevant supporting documents to the government of Pakistan," Bagchi told reporters.

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Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the Islamic charity organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), arrives to attend a campaign rally of political party, Milli Muslim League (MML), ahead of general elections in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 21, 2018.

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India has formally requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed, suspected of involvement in the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, for trial in India, foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi told reporters in a briefing on Friday (Dec 29). "We have conveyed a request along with relevant supporting documents to the government of Pakistan," Bagchi told reporters. ALSO READ: US 'deeply concerned' as...

India has asked Pakistan to extradite Mumbai suspect Hafiz Saeed: Foreign ministry spokesperson