[Iran Press TV] The international police agency, Interpol, has issued a "red notice" alert for the founder of a Pakistan-based militants group in connection with last year's Mumbai raids. Interpol said in a statement on Wednesday that a red notice was issued after authorities in New Delhi sought help with the "identification or location" of Hafiz Saeed.
Saeed chairs the Jamaat-ud-Dawa charity -- a front group for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit accused of masterminding the November attacks on India's commercial hub.
The deadly attack killed about 170 people including nine militants belonging to the LeT organization.
Islamabad security forces detained Saeed and some of his comrades in December after a UN Security Council resolution put him on a list of people who support the al-Qaeda terrorist group.
However in June, a court released the senior militant on grounds of insufficient evidence, prompting criticism from Indian authorities.
India's foreign minister, S.M. Krishna, said on Wednesday that the world must understand the severity of the situation due to the Interpol warrant.
"I think the world should take note of these developments and then you know they will have to come to their own conclusions."
However, sources suggest that a Red Corner Notice (RCN) is not an international arrest warrant and that Interpol cannot force Islamabad to arrest Saeed and his close aide Zaki Ur Rehman Lakhvi, who New Delhi says is one of the masterminds behind the deadly raids.
Relations between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan fell to a new low and the peace talks between the two neighbors were put on hold following the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The two archrivals have blamed one another for attacks staged on their major cities since they secured freedom from Britain in 1947.