Top 5 most wanted terrorists in India that still roam free

Yakub Memon, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case has been sentenced to death for his involvement and is reportedly set to be hanged on 30 July. Memon now has his last hopes pinned on the curative petition pending in the Supreme Court.

Business Insider compiles a list of the top 5 terrorists the Indian government would love to see behind bars:

Hafiz Mohammed Saeed

This LeT chief is the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The founder of LeT is currently in Pakistan after being released from house arrest. The Pak government had arrested him on many occasions but no criminal charges were leveled against him.

Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa is believed to be a cover for LeT operations. The rise of LeT in Kashmir is credited to Saeed's alleged links with the ISI and the Pakistani military.

Zaki-ur-Rehman-Lakhvi

Lakvhi is reportedly second in the LeT ranks, and is in-charge of its recruitments and operations.

He is credited to be the one who recruited and trained the terrorists in the 26/11 attacks. India has claimed he also supervised the recruitment of Azam Cheema who was accused in the2006 Mumbai rail network bombing case.

Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar

The head of the infamous D-company had to feature in the list. Son of a Maharashtra constable, Dawood is accused of the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history – the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts. He is also believed to be involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes.

Predicted to be hiding in Karachi, Pakistan, Dawood was allegedly attached to Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden and also involved in the IPL spot fixing scandal.

Syed Salahuddin

The chief of Hizbul Mujahideen wants Kashmir to unite with Pakistan. He allegedly has links with ISI and the Pakistani army. He is responsible for terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir.

Maulana Masood Azhar

This Pakistani Mujaheddin leader has waged a war on India in the Kashmir valley.

However, Maulana came into the limelight after he was released from captivity as India was forced to trade-off the lives of passengers in a hijacked Indian Airlines flight. The hijack saw a dead passenger, a few others injured and three militants being released from Indian captivity.

Since then Maulana has led many anti-India operations, including the attack on the Indian parliament in 2001.

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