21 May,2025 07:20 AM IST | Jerusalem | Agencies
India’s Ambassador to Israel J P Singh. PIC/X@airnewsalerts
Pakistan should hand over key terrorists Hafiz Saeed, Sajid Mir, and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to India, just like the US did with one of the masterminds of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, India's Ambassador to Israel J P Singh has said.
Contending that terrorism is a global menace, Singh also called for the formation of an international coalition against it. In an interview with Israeli TV channel i24 on Monday, Singh stressed that India's Operation Sindoor against Pakistan is "paused" and "not over".
Narrating the incidents leading up to India's offensive, Singh said that the operation was against terror groups in Pakistan. "The terrorists killed people based on their religion and 26 innocent lives were lost," the Indian ambassador said on the April 22 Pahalgam attack.
Citing a long list of terror attacks in India that originated from Pakistan, Singh said that the "root cause is these two groups - Jaish-e-Muhammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba".
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The leaders of LeT, which was behind the Mumbai attack, in which several Jews were also killed, continue to roam free, he noted.
"They need to do a very simple thing - when the preamble includes goodwill and friendship, they just need to hand over these terrorists to us," the envoy stressed.
Pointing out that the United States recently extradited Rana, who was involved in the Mumbai attack, the diplomat, who has also served in Pakistan in the past, said that Islamabad could also do the same.
"When the US can hand over these culprits, why can't Pakistan hand them over? They have to simply hand over Hafeez Saeed, Lakhvi, Sajid Mir, and things will be over", he emphasised.
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