Pakistan seeks re-arrest for LeT's Saeed

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 7 (UPI) -- Islamabad lawyers plan to challenge a decision by the Supreme Court to free Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who is suspected of ties to the November attacks in Mumbai.

The Supreme Court in Pakistan rejected calls by the government to re-arrest Saeed on technical grounds, the BBC reports.

Gunmen thought to be linked to the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Toiba swept into Mumbai, India, Nov. 26, seizing control of several key areas and killing at least 188 people in a four-day siege.

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone surviving attacker, told authorities a 10-member crew trained for 18 months in terrorist camps based in Pakistan, meeting with LeT front-man Hafiz Muhammad Saeed at least once.

U.S. intelligence officials suggested former officials with the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency and members of the Pakistani armed forces helped train the LeT cell for the Mumbai attacks.

Saeed founded Jamaat-ud-Dawa in the 1980s, a charity believed to be a cover organization for LeT. He was placed under house arrest by Pakistani authorities in December following a decision by the United Nations to list him as a terrorist financier linked to al-Qaida.

The courts released him in June, citing insufficient grounds for his detention. He denies any ties to the Mumbai attacks.