No evidence against Hafiz Saeed, can’t put him in jail: Basit

Amid row over Ved Pratap Vaidik’s meeting with Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan on Friday said it was not aware about the meeting and asserted that no action can be taken against the JuD chief as there was no evidence against him.

Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit, replying to a volley of questions on the issue during a Meet the Press programme at Press Club of India here, said it was a meeting between two private persons.

‘Our government was not aware of this meeting and nor was the government of India. It was a meeting between two private individuals and nothing more,’ Basit said.