Author: Presley Thomas
Publication: Hindustan Times
Dated: February 27, 2008
Introduction: WANTED ¦ The Interpol
features Dawood among the 12 most wanted terrorists. ¦ It states that
he has 26 aliases and 11 passports issued in his name, and is residing in
Karachi.
Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar is in Pakistan. And
it is not India's claim. Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble dropped
the bomb almost accidentally, during a conversation with Hindustan Times.
Noble was at a two-day seminar organised by
the Confederation of Indian Industry on counterfeiting and intellectual property
rights on Tuesday. "He (a reporter) wants to talk about the man in Pakistan,"
he casually said to David Chavern, the chief operating officer and executive
vice-president of the US Chamber of Commerce.
Noble evaded further questions and declined
to comment on the global terrorist. Dawood's last passport was from Pakistan.
The first hint of his links to Pakistan came
from those arrested in 1993 Mumbai blasts. The Pakistani government has on
several occasions, denied his presence in the country. On October 16, 2003,
the UN Security Council designated him as a global terrorist, imposing a travel
ban and an arms embargo. Richard Kolko, special agent and unit chief of Federal
Bureau of Investigation's national press office had said in a recent press
meet that FBI would like to see the arrest of Dawood Ibrahim.
