New Delhi, Wednesday 12 August 2009: Stating that prosecution of “some individuals” of Lashkar-e-Taiba by Pakistan was “not enough”, India on Wednesday demanded “severe action” against Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of Mumbai attacks, so that he does not remain a free man to incite more violence against the country.

“We have noticed that Interpol warrant is out for more people…. We certainly have welcomed the prosecution of some named individuals from the Lashkar-e-Taiba but we don’t believe that’s enough,” Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor told reporters here after a function.

Identifying Saeed as the “mastermind” of 26/11 attacks, the minister said he is the founder of both LeT and Jamaat-ud -Dawa outfits which Pakistan has “backed”.

“So we certainly expect to see some severe actions being taken against him instead of him wandering around a free and ready to incite more violence against India,” Tharoor said.

He maintained that India wants to see “credible action” by Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks to justice and dismantle the infrastructure of terror from which “these kind of attacks were launched on us”.

Underlining that there is “no good and no bad terrorist”, Tharoor said India wants to see action on “all fronts” against terror.

“All terrorists have to be dealt with firmly. Whether they (terrorists) are attacking India, attacking Pakistan or Afghanistan, they should be dealt with,” he said.

(News agency)