



The chief of the proscribed Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Hafiz Saeed, was arrested by security forces in Punjab on Wednesday, said the province's counter-terror force.



The JuD leader was reportedly traveling between Gujranwala and Lahore when he was intercepted by Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and arrested.



After his arrest, Saeed was presented in an anti-terrorism court in Gujranwala and sent on judicial remand.



"Hafiz Saeed was going to Gujranwala this morning to get pre-arrest bail but he was arrested by CTD on his way. The CTD presented him in the Anti Terrorism Court Gujranwala for judicial remand. The ATC sent him to jail," said a statement released by CTD Punjab.



The JuD spokesperson also confirmed the news of Saeed's arrest and added that the leader has been taken to Kot Lakhpat jail.



The CTD has been instructed to complete the investigation and submit a charge sheet in the stipulated time.



The spokesperson also claimed that Saeed was earlier given bail in two cases registered against him in Lahore. He, however, claimed that the bail in one of the cases was supposed to last till August 3.



The move comes after the CTD, in a major crackdown against terror financing, registered 23 cases against Saeed and 12 aides for using five trusts to “funnel funds to terror suspects”.



