Hafiz Saeed-led JuD issues open death threat to PM Modi; instigates followers to wage Jihad

While a 'Rajiv Gandhi type' incident to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi was intercepted by Pune Police on Thursday, members of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) - a terrorist outfit, on Friday issued an open death threat to Modi.

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), led by 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, is the front face of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

"Flag of Islam will be hoisted in India and America. (PM) Modi will be killed. India and Israel will get disintegrated as more and more martyrs will be produced," said senior JuD functionary Maulana Bashir Ahmad Khaki.

Ahmad was addressing the Friday sermon, on the occasion of Ramazan 2018, in Rawalakot city of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir's (PoK).

Threatening India at a public platform, Maulana Bashir, the top aide of Saeed, further instigated followers to wage Jihad (holy war) during the ongoing month of Ramzan.

"JuD cadres are still waging Jihad in Kashmir and fighting with Indian forces in Kashmir. They are waging Jihad for freedom of Kashmir and destruction of India. Urged participants to raise the flag of 'Jihad' against infidels," Bashir added calling himself a messenger of LeT chief Saeed.

He also requested his listeners to allow their sons to join for Jihad in PoK.

"I Appeal participants to donate generously (wheat, ration and cash) during the month of 'Ramadan' to JuD and for 'Mujahideen' waging Jihad. I also urge women to donate their sons and cash for 'Mujahideen' who were waging 'Jihad' in Kashmir," Bashir stated.

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), is under scanner since the beginning of this year. Its leader, Hafiz Saeed, is also designated as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).

Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced a bounty of $2 billion on Hafiz Saeed and asked Pakistan to act on home-grown terror elements.