6 out of 9 Don’s addresses in Pakistan given by India correct: UN

In evidence to show that Dawood Ibrahim is holed up in Pakistan, a dossier prepared by India had listed nine residences of the underworld don in that country and stated that he is known to frequently change his locations and addresses there. One of the addresses which have been dropped by the UN Security Council’s Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee was found to be similar to that of a residence of Islamabad’s envoy to the UN Maleeha Lodhi.

The Security Council’s ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee amended its entry on Monday concerning Dawood, the mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, with ‘underline and strikethrough’. When asked about the amendment, a top Indian official here said one address of Dawood in the listing entry was incorrect. The address was “of Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, and not Dawood Ibrahim”, the sources said. 

Another amendment enacted by the Committee concerns details of his family, and his place of birth. Dawood was listed on November 3, 2003 and the entry has been amended in March and July 2006, July 2007 and March 2010. Being a UN designated terrorist, he is subject to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. 

The listing says Dawood had a Passport number A717288 issued on 18 August 1985 in Dubai and a Pakistani number G866537 issued on 12 August 1991 in Rawalpindi. Dawood is wanted in India for the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in which 257 people were killed and nearly a thousand injured. He is also accused of masterminding other terror attacks and of money laundering and extortion.