Born
&
Brought
Up
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
Sheikh
was
born
in
London,
UK
on
December
23,
1973.
He
was
of
Pakistani
origin
as
his
parents
moved
to
the
UK
a
few
years
prior
to
his
birth.
Ahmed
studied
in
the
Forest
School,
London
and
the
alumni
boasts
of
former
England
cricket
captain
Nasser
Hussain,
director
Peter
Greenaway
and
singer
Suzana
Ansar.
Relocated
To
Pakistan
At
the
age
of
14,
his
parents
temporarily
moved
to
Pakistan
and
Ahmed
studied
at
the
all
boys
Aitchison
College
in
Lahore
and
moved
back
with
his
parent
to
London
after
his
studies
at
the
age
of
16.
Opportunity
Came
Knocking,
He
Ignored!
Not
everybody
gets
a
chance
to
study
at
the
prestigious
London
School
of
Economics
and
Ahmed
was
lucky
to
be
a
student
of
statistics
there,
but
dropped
out.
He
said
to
his
classmates
'While
I
was
in
Pakistan
I
received
jihadi
training,' but
none
of
them
believed
him
and
laughed
it
off.
No
To
Studies,
Yes
To
Terrorism!
The
Guardian
reported
that
Ahmed
came
in
contact
with
a
few
Pakistani
radicals
at
the
London
School
of
Economics
and
his
drive
for
jihad
became
stronger
than
ever
and
was
brainwashed
into
terrorism.
1994
Delhi
Kidnapping
Of
British
Tourists
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
entered
India
and
roamed
around
the
capital
calling
himself
Rohit
Sharma.
He
kidnapped
4
British
tourists
in
Dehli
and
held
them
captive
at
a
village
in
Ghaziabad.
He
demanded
the
Indian
Govt
to
release
10
Kashmiri
militants
in
exchange
for
the
captives
and
threatened
to
behead
them
one
by
one
if
the
Govt
fails
to
do
so.
Police
Raid
The
Ghaziabad
House,
Free
The
Captives
Unhurt!
The
Indian
police
with
the
help
of
intelligence
rounded
up
the
Ghaziabad
village
house
in
a
pre-dawn
shoot-out
and
freed
all
the
4
British
nationals,
unhurt!
Ahmed
was
wounded
during
the
shooting
and
was
caught
along
with
two
other
terrorists.
Sadly,
a
police
officer
was
killed
in
the
shooting
spree.
Jail
Term
&
Kandahar
Plane
Hijack
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
was
sentenced
to
jail
for
kidnapping
4
British
nationals
and
served
till
1999,
until
the
Kandahar
plane
hijack,
as
the
Talibani
hijackers
demanded
the
release
of
Ahmed
along
with
other
deadly
terrorists.
The
Indian
Govt
was
forced
to
release
them
in
exchange
for
the
hijacked
Indian
nationals.
Had
Connections
With
9/11
Hijackers
Mohammed
Atta,
one
of
the
hijackers
who
flew
the
plane
into
the
World
Trade
Centre
on
9/11,
received
$US100,000
through
an
online
transaction
from
Pakistan
made
by
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed.
CNN
reported
that
Pakistani
General
Mahmud
Ahmed
fully
knew
about
the
transaction
beforehand.
Later
the
FBI
confirmed
the
same
after
its
findings.
The
Killing
Of
Daniel
Pearl
(2002)
Wall
Street
Journal
reporter
Daniel
Pearl
was
kidnapped
in
Karachi,
Pakistan
and
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
was
one
among
the
kidnappers.
They
held
Daniel
Pearl
hostage
for
many
days
but
eventually
slit
his
throat.
Khalid
Sheikh
Muhammad
was
the
terrorist
who
wielded
the
knife
that
took
Daniel's
life
while
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
watched
with
joy.
International
Pressure
On
Pakistan
&
His
Arrest
After
the
death
of
Daniel
Pearl,
Pakistan
faced
intense
pressure
from
Western
powers
and
they
had
to
nab
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
and
others,
which
they
eventually
did
in
2002.
The
Pakistani
court
commuted
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
to
life
imprisonment
and
is
now
serving
in
solitary
confinement.
26/11
Mumbai
Attacks
When
Pakistani
terrorists
entered
Mumbai
and
attacked
the
Taj
Hotel
on
26/11.
Ahmed
smuggled
a
mobile
phone
into
his
cell
and
made
a
hoax
call
to
Pakistani
President
Zardari,
pretending
to
be
Indian
Foreign
Minister
Pranab
Mukherjee
and
threatened
to
declare
war
against
Pakistan,
in
the
hopes
that
the
two
countries
will
end
up
bombing
each
other.
Dawn
newspaper
confirmed
that
the
call
was
indeed
a
hoax.
Solitary
Confinement
After
realising
that
Ahmed
Omar
Saeed
made
a
hoax
call
by
smuggling
a
phone
into
his
cell,
he
was
moved
to
solitary
confinement
as
per
the
court
orders,
where
he
has
no
access
to
anybody
except
the
guards
who
feed
him.
He
stays
alone
with
no
human
contact
for
22-23
hours
everyday.
The
Pakistani
court
has
also
sentenced
him
to
death
and
his
hanging
is
around
the
corner.
Omerta
Release
Omerta
starring
Rajkummar
Rao
and
directed
by
Hansal
Mehta
is
all
set
to
release
on
April
20,
2018.