Hafiz Saeed is under house arrest

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, head of Jamaat-ud- Dawa, taken in police custody
 to his home in the eastern city of Lahore.

Pakistani police have placed Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, 
the alleged mastermind of coordinated attacks on the 
Indian city of Mumbai in 2008 that killed more than 160 people, undern house arrest in the eastern city of Lahore.

Saeed was taken into custody at the headquarters for
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the religious charity he heads,
 late on Monday, a spokesman said.

"He has been arrested, and he is being taken in police
custody to his home.

dozens of JuD supporters were accompanying the police convoy to Saeed's home.

"We have received the detention orders from the 
government of Pakistan, and I believe that this is not 
aimed at me, but is an international conspiracy aimed
 at sabotaging the Kashmir struggle," Saeed told 
reporters, referring to the disputed Indian-controlled
 territory of Kashmir, before he was escorted by police to 
his residence.

"This is the wish of [Indian PM Narendra] Modi, at the
prompting of [US President Donald] Trump, and the
government's helplessness."

The two countries have fought three wars over Kashmir, which both claim in full but control in parts.

In 2012, the United States placed a $10m bounty for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of Saeed, 
who is also the founder of the armed group Lashkar-e-
Taiba (LeT).

Saeed has long since distanced himself from LeT, which
 has claimed responsibility for several attacks on
 Indian security forces and civilians, saying he now only 
runs JuD as a charity.

The United Nations and the United States, however, list 
JuD as a front for LeT. Both organisations, as well as
 Saeed as an individual, remain under international 
sanctions.

Saeed has been accused by both the US and India of
masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed 
166 people in attacks across India's largest city.

LeT has been banned as a "terrorist" organisation by 
Pakistan since 2002. In 2008, JuD was listed by Pakistan under a list of organisations subject to UN sanctions, 
including an assets freeze, arms embargo and 
international travel ban.

The group continues to work openly across Pakistan, 
however, running a network of seminaries, releasing
 several publications and carrying out widespread humanitarian aid work.

"We have never broken any laws of this country. If they
 have a legal order, then we will follow the law, and the 
doors of the court are available to us to seek justice,"
 said Awan, shortly before Saeed's detention.

Four other men - Abdullah Ubaid, Zafar Iqbal, Abdur 
Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Niaz - are also to be held
 under the government's detention orders, local media reported, citing copies and footage of the detention orders.

The men are being detained under Section 11-EEE of
Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act, which gives the government
 the power to arrest or detain "terrorism" suspects for up
 to 12 months.