By – Aditi Gupta
In addition to Rauf, a variety of terrorists who are most wanted in India, such as Hafiz Saeed, the commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Syed Salahuddin, the head of Hizbul Mujahideen, have received shelter in Pakistan.
The second-ranking member of Pakistan’s terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM), Abdul Rauf Azhar, stays at large. Several times, Indian intelligence agencies have been told that numerous terrorists, including Hafiz Saeed, the leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Syed Salahuddin, the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, who are the most wanted men in India, have gotten shelter in Pakistan in addition to Rauf. Rauf was noticed in Rawalpindi as the Pakistani Army was keeping an eye on him. The United States of America blacklisted this terrorist in December 2010. Abdul Rauf Azhar has been linked to the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 in India. In addition, the attacks on Parliament in 2001 and the Indian Air Force installation in Pathankot in 2016 both bear Rauf’s name.
Indian agencies were told that ‘Rauf’ is present in the Pakistani army’s security cover. In this case, a lot more proof is being gathered. After then, at the appropriate moment, this matter will be taken up before the UN with supporting documentation. Important information on other highly wanted terrorists who may be in Pakistan, in addition to Rauf Azhar, is also being gathered. Rauf’s whereabouts are being followed down, according to sources. Rauf had just held a few conferences with Pakistani politicians. India had proposed to the UN two years prior to include this terrorist on the global terrorist list. China refused to let it go.
China once more blocked India’s bid to add Abdul Rauf Azhar to the UN blacklist at the UN last year, despite American backing for India’s demand. This ‘politically motivated’ move by China, according to sources in the Foreign Ministry at the time, indicates Beijing’s ‘double speech and double standards’ in combating terrorism. China obstructed a UN resolution to impose international sanctions against Azhar for the second time in two months.
Abdul Rauf’s international travel would have been restricted if his name had been on the UN’s terrorist list. Declaring Azhar a worldwide terrorist might pave the way for his possessions to be seized and his travel limitations to be imposed. China abruptly blocked India and America’s paired motion to add terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki, who has his base in Pakistan, to the UN Security Council’s 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee. The process of eliminating the most wanted terrorists in India and their agents who were hiding in Pakistan began last year. Members of terrorist groups such as “Jaish-e-Mohammed,” “D Company,” “Lashkar-e-Taiba,” “Lashkar-e-Jabbar,” and “Lashkar-e-Jhangvi” were being assassinated every two to three weeks.