UN report flags JeM role in Delhi Red Fort blast; warns of Masood Azhar’s women-only terror wing | India News
New Delhi: A new UN Security Council report has blamed Jaish-e-Mohammed for carrying out a series of attacks, including a car bomb attack near New Delhi’s Red Fort in November last year.In a biennial report by the Security Council’s Monitoring Team for Sanctions on Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, the Security Council said the organization was “reportedly involved in the November 9 attack on the Red Fort in New Delhi that killed 15 people”.“One member state noted that Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks. It is also known to be linked to an attack on New Delhi’s Red Fort on November 9 that killed 15 people,” said the report released this week.The report also mentions that he is a UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar On October 8 last year, it announced the formation of a women’s wing to help with terrorist attacks.
“On October 8, Jaish-e-Mohammed leader Mohammad Masood Azhar Alvi formally announced the establishment of a women-only wing, Jamaat ul-Muminat (not listed), whose mission was to support terrorist attacks,” the report said.“Another member state reported that Jaish-e-Mohammed has been demobilized. Separately, it was reported that on July 28, three persons were killed for their alleged involvement in the attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir,” it added.On November 10, a car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort killed 15 people and injured dozens more, triggering a high-level investigation that revealed the existence of a sophisticated ‘white-collar’ terror network with links to Jaish-e-Mohammed.Even before the blast, several arrests were made across multiple states, and investigators began piecing together evidence of an interstate terror module.After the blast, the NIA found that the incident was linked to earlier arrests, leading to multiple new revelations as the investigation deepened.1267 The Sanctions Committee monitors sanctions against al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and their affiliates. LET and JEM have been included in the committee because of their links with al-Qaeda in the 1990s.
