Islamabad: Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafeez Muhammed Saeed was detained again by Pakistani authorities after being released for a brief period following a court order to set him free.
"He was released for an hour after the Lahore High Court order to set him free and police arrested him again late in the evening," Saeed's lawyer Nazir Ahmad Ghazi said.
Saeed was brought from the Shiekhpura guesthouse where he was earlier lodged and released in Lahore. But he was detained for a two months period once again an hour later, Ghazi said. "He was brought home and later taken to a local jail".
He said he would take up the case in the Lahore High Court again, which set Saeed free on Monday after holding that his arrest on the grounds that he was a threat to public peace was illegal.
Lahore High Court Judge, Justice Akhtar Shabbir who heard writ petition filed by Saeed wife yesterday quashed the detention order stating that the government has failed to provide any proof or strong reasons for his detention.
The court held that the government has failed to provide strong reasons for his arrest and his detention was based on speculation that he could disturb peace.
Saeed who currently headed a NGO called Jamat-ud-Dawa, (JUD) was arrested on August 10 under the maintenance of public order on the ground that he was likely to disturb peace during his planned rally coinciding with Pakistan's Independence Day on August 14.
After few days detention at his residence, he was later shifted to a guest house in Sheipkhapura town.
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