Put pressure on Pak to prosecute JeM chief: Congress

January 14, 2016 08:18

Commenting on media reports on the arrest of Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar in connection with the Pathankot terrorist attack, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put pressure on Pakistan to prosecute the JeM chief.

"We request Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put adequate pressure on Pakistan to ensure that Maulana Masood Azhar is not only detained but arrested and booked for perpetuating and perpetrating terrorist activities in Pathankot, as also for various other crimes against India, that he continues to commit," Surjewala told ANI."

Let us know the charges under which Masood Azhar has been detained in Pakistan. He is a terrorist who was exchanged for hostages in the Indian Airlines flight in Kandahar, Afghanistan when BJP Government was in power. International law warrants that such a person should be handed over to India for prosecution in accordance with Indian law," he added.

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