Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, the brother-in-law of Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed and deputy chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), passed away on Friday due to a heart attack in Lahore.
According to reports, JuD, Makki, who had been suffering from health issues in recent days, was receiving treatment for high diabetes at a private hospital in Lahore. As per sources, JuD he suffered a cardiac arrest early Friday morning and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Makki, who had kept a low profile since his conviction in 2020 for terror financing, was sentenced to six months in prison by an anti-terrorism court.
Makki, a key terrorist in organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was heavily involved in providing financing for the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, which left 166 innocents dead. Nine terrorists were killed in counter-terror operations, and one terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kasab, was captured alive.
In addition to his role in the Mumbai attacks, Makki was also wanted by Indian security agencies for his involvement in the 2000 Red Fort attack, where six LeT terrorists stormed the fort and opened fire on security forces.
Makki’s terror group, LeT, was also involved in the 2018 killing of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, the editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir newspaper, and his two security guards.
In 2023, Makki was designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which placed him under sanctions, including an assets freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo. The UNSC, in its resolution, stated, “The Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities approved the addition of the entry specified below to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.”
Makki had kept a low profile since being sentenced in 2020 for terror financing. He had been serving a six-month sentence handed down by an anti-terrorism court.
In a statement, the bigoted fundamentalist terrorist sympathiser organisation, Pakistan Mutahida Muslim League (PMML) described Makki as a staunch advocate of Pakistan’s ideology, mourning his passing.