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India welcomes global terrorist tag for LeT leader Abdul Rehman Makki, brother-in-law of Hafiz Saeed | India News



NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday welcomed the listing of terrorist Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Abdul Rehman Makki by ISIL of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and al-Qaida The Sanctions Committee, said the threat from terrorist organizations in the region remained high.
The UNSC listed Pakistan-based Makki as a global terrorist on Monday, subjecting him to an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo, after years of efforts by India and its allies .
“We welcome the decision of the United Nations Security Council on ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committees to list the LeT terrorist, Abdul Rehman Makki, as the brother-in-law of the LeT leader. Hafiz Saeed. Makki has taken on various leadership roles within LeT, including raising funds for the organization,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi said in response to media questions about the terrorist’s labeling. global announcement for the deputy director of a terrorist organization.
An MEA spokesperson added that threats from terrorist organizations in the region remain high. “UNSC listing and sanctions are an effective measure tool to contain such threats and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in the region,” he said, adding that India remains committed to pursuing a zero-tolerance approach to terrorism. and will continue to press the international community to take credible, verifiable and irreversible action against this threat.
Makki was declared a terrorist by the Government of India on October 27, 2020, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, but China thwarted the US proposal and India claimed he is a global terrorist in the United Nations Security Council. . The US government also announced a $2 million reward for Makki. However, Makki’s list comes seven months after China, a close ally of Pakistan, rejected a joint proposal between India and the US to appoint the head of the political affairs wing. by JuD/LeT.
The United Nations in its statement said: “On 16 January 2023, the Security Council Committee in accordance with resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning the Islamic State Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and related individuals, groups, organizations and institutions have approved the addition of the item specified below to the ISIL Sanctions List (Da’esh) and its Al-Qaida include individuals and entities subject to an asset freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo outlined in paragraph 1 of Council resolution 2610 (2021). Security and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.”
According to the Interior Ministry, Makki, 68, is the head of the political and foreign relations department of LeT.
He was the mastermind behind seven attacks in India, including the 2000 Red Fort attack; Rampur camp in 2008; and Baramulla, Srinagar and Bandipora in 2018, as well as the assassination of Kashmiri editor Shujat Bhukari that same year.
In fact, LeT was behind the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks.
According to the MHA, Makki was also involved in planning an IED explosion inside the Odeon Theater in Hyderabad on May 7, 2006.
In 2019, the Government of Pakistan arrested Makki for carrying out terrorist attacks and in 2020 a court found him guilty of sponsoring terrorism.
(With input from agencies)

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