India Challenges UN Report’s Description of Dawood Ibrahim

Indian diplomat Raghoo Puri challenged a United Nations report at the General Assembly over its description of Dawood Ibrahim and the criminal network D-Company, arguing that it omitted key context about Ibrahim’s history and whereabouts. The report by Ben Saul, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights while countering terrorism, describes Ibrahim as the leader of an “India-based” D-Company and says the Security Council sanctioned him for association with al-Qaeda. Puri said the wording gave an incomplete picture because Ibrahim and D-Company had been wanted in India for terror attacks since 1993, before the Security Council listing in 2003. Puri said Ibrahim had fled India before that listing and, citing the UN sanctions entry, said he resides in Pakistan. He argued that the report should have included the earlier Indian case against Ibrahim and said reports containing factual inaccuracies should be subject to accountability. His remarks were India’s position; the supplied accounts do not independently establish Ibrahim’s current location or reproduce the full report’s passage and context. The sanctions listing is described in the coverage as placing Ibrahim under an...