China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Sajid Mir, one of India’s most wanted terrorists and the main handler of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 175 people dead.
It is learnt that Beijing put a hold on Thursday on the proposal moved by the US and co-designated by India to blacklist Mir under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council as a global terrorist, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
The proposal also included freezing his assets, banning his travel and arms.
Mir is one of India’s most wanted terrorists and has a bounty of USD five million placed on his head by the US for his role in the November 26, 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.
Twenty-six foreign nationals were among the 175 people killed in those terror attacks.
It is the third time that China has blocked an India-US proposal in four months after Abdul Rehman Makki, LeT and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader as well as Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar was protected by Beijing.
In 2008, Sajid Mir, through satellite phone, had instructed the terrorists involved in the Mumbai terror attacks for executing hostages during the operation.
Mir was involved in overseas recruitment and training activities for LeT and travelled to UAE, Bangladesh, Canada, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Saudi Arabia for this.
