UN blacklists LeT deputy Chief Abdul Rehman Makki as ‘global terrorist’, year after China blocked attempt

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• Jan 17, 2023 | Guriya Khatun

Following India's protest of China in June of last year when Beijing declined to include Makki under the UNSC 1267 Committee's Sanctions Committee, the change was made.

Digital Desk: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) declared militant Abdul Rehman Makki, who is based in Pakistan, a global terrorist on Monday.

The change follows India's criticism of China in June of last year when Beijing refused to allow Makki to be listed under the UNSC 1267 Committee's Sanctions Committee.

In a statement, the UN said, "On 16 January 2023, the Security Council Committee under resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the entry specified below to its ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations."

WHO IS ABDUL REHMAN MAKKI

LeT/JUD operatives, including MAKKI Abdul Rehman Makki, have been active in fund-raising, radicalising and recruiting youth to violence, and planning assaults in India, notably in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

Makki has held leadership positions within LeT and JUD, and the UN website states that at this time, LeT has been accountable for or participated in the heinous assaults listed below:

• Red Fort attack: On December 22, 2000, six LeT terrorists attacked the Red Fort and started firing randomly at the security personnel manning the Fort.

• The Rampur attack: On January 1, 2008, five LeT terrorists assaulted a camp of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Rampur, killing seven police officers and a rickshaw puller.

• The 26/11 Mumbai attacks (26–28 November 2008): This was the most daring LeT strike in India, in which ten terrorists from Pakistan entered Mumbai over the Arabian Sea with predetermined targets. The only survivor was Amir Ajmal Kasab; the others were executed.

• The attack on the CRPF (23 Battalion) camp in Karan Nagar, Srinagar (12–13 February 2018), during which a CRPF trooper was murdered and one policeman was injured by LeT Fidayeen (suicide squad).

• The Khanpora, Baramulla incident (30 May 2018) resulted in the deaths of three people by LeT terrorists.

• The Srinagar attack (14 June 2018) saw LeT terrorists shoot senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir, and his two personal security officers (PSOs).

• Gurez/Bandipora incident (7 August 2018): The Army killed four troops, including a major, after it stopped a significant infiltration attempt by heavily armed LeT militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Gurez Sector.