Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat- ud- Dawa ( JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was on Wednesday sentenced to 11 years in jail by an anti- terrorism court in Pakistan in two terror financing cases. Saeed, a UN- designated terrorist whom the US has placed a $ 10 million bounty on, was arrested on July 17 in the terror financing cases. He is lodged at the Lahoreu2019s Kot Lakhpat jail in high security. A court official confirmed that Saeed was sentenced in two terror financing cases against him in Lahore and Gujranwala cities on the application of the Counter- Terrorism Department ( CTD) of Punjab police. The court sentenced Saeed to five and a half years and imposed a fine of R 15,000 in each case. The sentences of both cases will run concurrently. The anti- terrorism court or ATC had indicted Saeed and his close aides on December 11 in the terror financing cases. On last Saturday, Lahore ATC judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta deferred the verdict against Saeed in two terror financing cases till February 11. In the two cases, the prosecution produced around 20 or so witnesses in the ATC who testified against Saeed and his aides for their involvement in terror financing. Saeed pleaded u201c not guiltyu201d in both cases. The Counter- Terrorism Department had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices on the charges of terror financing in different cities of Punjab province. Agencies Pak court sentences Hafiz Saeed to 11 years in jail Saeed, a UN- designated terrorist whom the US has placed a $ 10 million bounty on, was arrested on July 17 in the terror financing cases The prosecution produced some 20 or so witnesses in the ATC who testified against Saeed and his close aides for their involvement in terror financing. Saeed pleaded u2018 not guiltyu2019 in both cases Saeed was sentenced to five and a half years with a fine of R 15,000 in each case. FILE PIC 23 Total no. of FIRs registered against Saeed and his accomplices

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