I have never met Ajmal: JuD chief Hafiz Saeed

Jamaat-ud-Dawah(JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the Mumbai terror attack mastermind, today claimed that he has never known Ajmal
Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in the 2008 carnage.

"I never saw him [Kasab]. In fact, it was from the media in India that I discovered he was a Pakistani national," Saeed said in a rare interview to Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel in Lahore.

"I have never met Kasab nor have I ever known him and I have said this on many occasions. This is baseless propaganda without an iota of truth," the leader of the jihadi outfit said.

Saeed said this when asked to comment on Indian home minister P Chidambaram’s remarks that Saeed had personally coordinated training for the Mumbai attacks and gave Kasab the new name of Abu Mujahid.

JuD is the front organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is accused by India of executing the 26/11 strikes that killed 166 people, including foreigners.

He also said allegations against him of plotting attacks in India are "baseless".