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Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, who was arrested by Pakistan on charges of terror financing, has been kept in the bungalow of Gujranwala prison superintendent situated next to the jail.Sources said that he is being given VIP treatment.Saeed, whose prosecution has long been sought by New Delhi and Washington over the ghastly attacks in India's financial capital, had travelled in his own SUV to the jail and not in a police vehicle.Food for him is also being brought from his home.Saeed on Wednesday was sent to seven-day judicial custody following his arrest on terror financing charges.Speaking to ARY News, spokesperson of the Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province Shahbaz Gill said that Hafiz's arrest was made under the ongoing National Action Plan (NAP).The spokesperson refused to share any further details in this regard.Saeed was arrested while he was on his way to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gujranwala to seek bail.The development has come just two days after an anti-terrorism court in Lahore had granted interim bail to Saeed and three of his aides until August 31 against surety bonds of PKR 50,000 each.On July 3, the top 13 leaders of the banned JuD, including Saeed and Naib Emir Abdul Rehman Makki, were booked in nearly two dozen cases for terror financing and money laundering under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.The CTD, which registered the cases in five cities of Punjab, had stated that JuD was involved in terror funding collected through charitable orgsations including Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust, and Muaz Bin Jabal Trust.In February, Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had warned Pakistan to deliver on its commitment to curb terror financing and money laundering.Pakistan may be blacklisted by the watchdog as it is already on the "grey list" of countries who have been inadequate in curbing money laundering and terror financing.In the wake of previous warnings by the FATF, Pakistan had re-instated a ban on two terror outfits linked to Saeed, namely, JuD and the Falah-e-Insat Foundation in February.The move had come amid global pressure against Pakistan to clamp down on terror groups following the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) initiated terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district that killed 40 paramilitary forces in February this year.India has time and again called for creating trust and environment free of violence and terrorism for fostering peace and prosperity in the region.( With inputs from ANI )

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