Islamabad: Yet another Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, associated with terror strikes in India, has died in Islamabad under mysterious circumstances.
Qari Saeed alias Abdul Aziz, a commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), headed the South Punjab unit of outfit’s Shoaba-e-Warasa-e-Shuhada department.
His role included providing monthly pensions to the families of terrorists killed in India.
CCTV footage of the incident, accessed by ABP News, shows Qari Saeed arriving at the LeT’s Masjid Quba in Islamabad with a bag to offer prayers. After reaching the mosque, he hands the bag to an associate and performs ablutions before the prayers.
Qari Saeed takes back his bag after completing his ablutions and climbs the stairs towards the main prayer hall. However, as he sits down to remove his slippers, he suddenly collapses on the floor.
Other LeT cadres present nearby are seen picking him up and taking him to another location, where they administer CPR after he appears to stop breathing. Despite the attempts to revive him, Qari Saeed does not regain consciousness.
According to reports, he was later taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.
Qari Saeed had been associated with terrorist and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed since 1990 and served as one of his close confidantes, sources revealed.
He remained an active terrorist until 2017, with his primary role being the recruitment of terrorists for LeT.
The outfit later assigned him administrative responsibilities. His duties included delivering monthly pensions to the families of terrorists from South Punjab districts such as Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan who were killed in India.
He was also responsible for preparing lists of terrorists associated with these districts.