A UNSC report has linked Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed to the November Red Fort car bombing that killed 15 people and highlighted the creation of a women-only wing by its chief Masood Azhar to support terrorist activities
A new report by the United Nations Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team has linked Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to a series of attacks, including a car bombing near the Red Fort in New Delhi in November last year that killed 15 people.
According to Times of India, citing UN’s biannual report submitted to the 1267 Sanctions Committee, which monitors sanctions against al-Qaeda, Islamic State and their affiliates, the Security Council stated that JeM was “reported to be linked to an attack on the Red Fort in New Delhi on 10 November that killed 15 people.”
“One Member State noted that Jaish-i-Mohammed had claimed responsibility for a series of attacks. It was also reported to be linked to an attack on the Red Fort in New Delhi on 10 November that killed 15 people,” the report, released this week, said.
The report further said that UN-designated terrorist and JeM chief Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi had, on October 8 last year, formally announced the creation of a women-only wing named Jamaat ul-Muminat, aimed at supporting terrorist activities.
“On 8 October, Jaish-i-Mohammed leader Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi formally announced the establishment of a women-only wing, Jamaat ul-Muminat (not listed), which was aimed at supporting terrorist attacks,” the report added.
It also recorded that another Member State had described JeM as defunct.
Separately, the report mentioned that on July 28, three individuals allegedly involved in the Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir were killed.
On November 10, a car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort left 15 people dead and dozens injured, prompting a high-level probe.
Investigations by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) uncovered what officials described as a sophisticated “white-collar” terror network with alleged links to JeM.
Authorities had made several arrests across multiple states even before the blast, and subsequent investigations connected the explosion to earlier detentions, revealing details of an alleged interstate terror module.
The 1267 Sanctions Committee oversees measures targeting al-Qaeda, Islamic State and associated entities. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed fall under its purview due to their historical links with al-Qaeda dating back to the 1990s.
With inputs from agencies
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