Pakistan-based LeT’s deputy leader Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki dies

Mumbai attacks alleged mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law and banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) deputy chief Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki died of heart attack here on Friday.

According to the JuD, Prof Abdul Rahman Makki had been ill for the past few days and was undergoing treatment following high diabetes at a private hospital in Lahore.

“Makki suffered a cardiac arrest early this morning. He breathed his last in the hospital,” a JuD official said.

Abdul Rahman Makki, who is the brother-in-law of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, was handed down six months’ imprisonment in terror financing in 2020 by an anti-terrorism court.

Makki, deputy chief of JuD, had been keeping a low profile after being sentenced in terror financing.

The Pakistan Mutahida Muslim League in a statement said that Makki was an advocate of Pakistan ideology.

In 2023, Makki was designated as a global terrorist by the United Nations, subjecting him to an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.