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New Delhi: Hafiz Talha Saeed, a key leader of the dreaded terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, has been declared a terrorist by the government. In a notification, the Union home ministry said that Hafiz Talha Saeed, 46, has been actively involved in recruitment, fund collection, and planning and executing attacks by LeT in India and Indian interests in Afghanistan. He has also been actively visiting various LeT centres across Pakistan, and during his sermons propagating for jihad against India, Israel, the United States of America and Indian interests in other western countries, it stated. "And whereas, the central government believes that Hafiz Talha Saeed is involved in terrorism and he should be notified as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967)," the notification said. The central government believes that Hafiz Talha Saeed is involved in terrorism and he should be notified as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the notification said. Accordingly, he has been designated as an individual terrorist under the stringent Act. Hafiz Talha Saeed is now the 32nd individual who has been declared a terrorist by the government. He was born on October 25, 1975, and is a resident of Lahore in Pakistan. Hafiz Talha Saeed is a senior leader of the LeT and is the head of the cleric wing of the terrorist organisation. Hafiz Saeed, founder of the LeT, was the brain behind the Mumbai terror attacks of November 26, 2008, in which 166 people were killed. He had been declared a terrorist under the same law a few years ago and is currently serving a jail term in Pakistan on terror charges. India has been consistently ...