India slams UN rapporteur for falsely projecting Dawood Ibrahim as ‘India-based’

India has strongly objected to a report by a United Nations monitor, accusing the official of putting glaring inaccuracies in a July report by projecting that a wanted terrorist is based in India. During a UN session, an official from India's UN Mission criticized the Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights for incompetence, stating that the report failed to mention that the individual in question fled India long ago and lives abroad in the same country where a major terrorist leader was previously found and neutralized.

According to reports from a watchdog group, the UN monitor had received substantial funding from various sources, including international entities and universities. Indian representatives pointed out that the criminal group and its listed leader have been wanted by New Delhi for terror attacks since 1993 and are subject to Security Council sanctions for associations with al-Qaeda, facts which were allegedly omitted or misrepresented in the monitor's narrative summary.

During the same proceedings, India also dismissed political remarks regarding the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, calling them pure propaganda by foreign military rulers. Meanwhile, visiting international officials also questioned the competence of UN special experts, emphasizing that human rights frameworks should not protect perpetrators of terror.

Not yet reported: The articles do not specify whether the UN monitor will formally retract or amend the disputed report.