Indian minister says Dawood Ibrahim 'in Pakistan', will be brought back
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NEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in the Lok Sabha on Monday that India had evidence of Dawood Ibrahim’s presence in Pakistan, and would bring him back “no matter what”, reported NDTV.
"Whether we have to pursue Pakistan or put pressure, we will not rest until we get Dawood Ibrahim back,” said Singh. The home minister said that the Indian government would do everything in its power to bring Ibrahim back.
Singh's statement comes days after India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Chaudhry told parliament that India did not know of Ibrahim's exact whereabouts.
Read more: No idea where Dawood Ibrahim is, Indian government tells parliament
Chaudhry had said that "the subject has not been located so far. Extradition process with regard to Dawood Ibrahim would be initiated once the subject is located”. This is in slight contradiction to the statements issued by successive Indian governments in the past.
Chaudhry's statement of largely interpreted as implying that New Delhi did not know whether Ibrahim was in Pakistan, following which the minister stated that India was aware of Ibrahim's presence in Pakistan, but was not sure of his precise location.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha today, Singh said that despite “all documents and overwhelming proof of his [Ibrahim’s] presence”, Pakistan had failed to track him down or take any action against him.
Pakistan denies Indian charges that it shelters Dawood Ibrahim — one of India's most wanted men — ever since the don became a fugitive for his alleged role in the serial bomb blasts that hit Mumbai in 1993 in apparent retaliation for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992. Over 250 people were killed in the attacks.
Ibrahim stands convicted in absentia in India for the blasts, together with several Mumbai accomplices.
Read more: Pakistan’s stand vindicated on Dawood Ibrahim issue: envoy
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May 11, 2015 04:32pm
So they are going to carry out a secret operation to bring back Dawood Ibrahim just like USA did with Osama. They should not delude themselves into thinking they are equivalent to USA. It would be a big mistake if they ever did this.
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May 11, 2015 04:34pm
These Indian ministers do not want peace and harmony to prevail in the region... by issuing uncalled for statements every now and then...
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May 11, 2015 04:39pm
WOW! What a discloser either the first man declaring that Dawood Ebrahim is not in Pakistan was insane or the second man claiming the opposite qualifies for being called out of sense.
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May 11, 2015 04:54pm
India needs to make up its mind if they know where their fugitive is. Right now it has become a comedy show. One day they know next day they don't.
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May 11, 2015 05:26pm
@ ABDULLA HUSAIN
Read again. First minister told that he did not know exact location. He did not tell that he is not in Pakistan. Why to assume convenient answer ?
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May 11, 2015 05:31pm
Deluded and disconnected from reality. Don't Indians realize that these Modi ministers are only fooling their own commons?
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May 11, 2015 05:33pm
We can safely and precisely tell the time right up to the hour as to when Rajnath Singh gave this statement.
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May 11, 2015 05:46pm
Can never trust these Indians; so frequently change their stance !!!!!
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May 11, 2015 05:47pm
Again U-Turn from Modi govt like in the case of boat drama early in this year.
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May 11, 2015 05:55pm
Now we know who is going to get a lot of votes in the next elections. Anti-Pak statements easily win over the zombie hearts.
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May 11, 2015 05:56pm
@shyam
You do understand that this is a face saving measure by your government after issuing a contradictory statement which basically affirmed the stance of our government on this issue. If you can not understand this, then you win!!
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May 11, 2015 06:00pm
India is grown big and getting bigger every day....but needs some qualified and professional people in politics as well.......there they really needs to work as they still have mentality of 70's.......really need total overhaul....otherwise these are the people ...who will stop country's prosperity and development.
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May 11, 2015 06:04pm
Why do not RAW and ISI Chiefs sit down together over lunch and sort out this problem once and for all. This has become a laughing matter now.
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May 11, 2015 06:05pm
What Cabinet minister said will prevail rather than Minister of state,so Rajnath singh statement will prevail
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May 11, 2015 06:10pm
First you specify where is Dawood Ibrahim. Feed you people they are dying from hunger.
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May 11, 2015 06:36pm
Let international court of justice investigate all cases of riots, Sikhs genocide, Gujarat massacre, hashimpura police shoot out, Mumbai riots, Babri demolition, Mumbai blasts, terror cases and all fake encounters. Every criminal whether Muslim, Hindu or Sikh be brought to justice by UNO.
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May 11, 2015 06:42pm
Who is the liar-India or Pakistan or both? One thing is sure that up to now despite many hectic efforts both India and Pakistan have utterly failed to locate Dawood Ibrahim which as such very much reflects negatively for both the countries despite the fact that both boast of having extra ordinary super intelligence agencies and investigations cells etc and I will not hesitate at all even for a fraction of a second very loudly and clearly pronounce in public that it is more shameful for India since the fugitive is Indian national for all practical purposes and not Pakistani. Iqbal Hadi Zaidi / Kuwait / zaidi4merdiplomat@hotmail.com
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May 11, 2015 06:56pm
What a silly comment
These ministers are making the Modi government look like a bunch of jokers
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May 11, 2015 07:10pm
IF they have evidence then why don't they show it to us.....and secondly they can't cant simply cross into our territory to get this guy ...they're probably forgetting the fact that US has been our ally for quite a long time while India has hardly ever been one
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May 11, 2015 07:20pm
It seems Indian government has not read the latest article by Seymour Hersch!!!!
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May 11, 2015 07:42pm
The whole show-evidence rhetoric from both sides is starting to get boring. Are we saying that Indian crime investigators do their job on Pakistan soil and vice versa? If so, do not demonize RAW and ISI.
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May 11, 2015 07:56pm
Now Indians are lying after uttering truth first time.....face saving tactics
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May 11, 2015 08:21pm
Tell this so call minister to check his part people houses...
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May 11, 2015 08:29pm
@Riaz That is what Pakistan used to make statement about OBL, isn't it, when US asked.
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May 11, 2015 08:48pm
@Abdulla Hussain Haribhal did not day Dawood is not in Pakistan. He said he does not know where exactly in Pakistan. Rajnath is just trying to compensate with reference to media.
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May 11, 2015 08:52pm
Rajnath is irrelevant. Please ignore!!
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May 11, 2015 08:53pm
@Umer Ali : that wont be needed, we are far ahead of USA
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May 11, 2015 09:21pm
@Maqsood Every nation has people dying of hunger. Guess, we are doing everything we can. But you are trying hard to find relation between Terrorism and Hunger which is irrelevant
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May 11, 2015 09:22pm
@XYZ Nope. We will try our best. It means we will try our best to get him. Simple as that.
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May 11, 2015 09:23pm
@Anonymous Yes, anyone can cross into your country. They have done it before. It will happen again. They come and go out and you dont even realize. They hit your country with drones and you dont dare to speak. Isnt that embarrassing enough? I guess India is next
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May 11, 2015 09:24pm
@Awais Ali The boat was Pakistani and even it was not,still the option used was the best option available. New policy and new govt. is in place. You are warned !
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May 11, 2015 09:39pm
Indians believe he is in Pakistan, which may not be true.Granted.But why should this statement be rebutted with such ferociousness.If he is there then be straight and hand him over if not then why not ignore if not permit to investigate.He is an enemy of humanity and any sane country must treat him as such.That he has relations within Pakistan he must have visited and/ or stayed in Pakistan for substantial periods of time.Moreover,let not Pakistanis be so sure of their intelligence in the backdrop of how they spoke of Osama bin laden before he was killed by the US.The entire tone & the tenor of the Pakistani comments imply that they enjoy the deeds of DI and do not condemn his deeds which means that they love him to stay .
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May 11, 2015 09:39pm
India does not have an extradition treaty with Pakistan . So I don't see how india plans to bring him back assuming that he is in Pakistan.
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May 11, 2015 10:10pm
@KrishnaKumar hahahahahaha!
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May 11, 2015 10:12pm
@Umer Ali Well at the same time do not over estimate your defence strategies.
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May 11, 2015 10:12pm
@mirza India dont need any such treety with Pakistan. The interpol red alert is good enough to pressurize Pakistan or any UN member country to hand it over to India .(who raised Red alert)
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May 11, 2015 10:14pm
@1000 cuts I guess its a complex issue. Though Pakistan has changed there strategy but its the past that hounds. DI cant be send alive to India its a big trouble for Pakistan. He better be killed than captured from Pak point o f view
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May 11, 2015 10:36pm
@I. Ahmed and how is it connected with herschs interview
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May 11, 2015 10:53pm
make up your mind.
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May 11, 2015 11:32pm
We need to provide some proofs that he is in Pakistan and state of Pakistan is protecting him. Else the logic that if he is not in India then he should be in Pakistan is very weak to convince a neutral International body to believe that Dawood is in Pakistan.
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May 11, 2015 11:55pm
@shyam If he doesn't know the exact location then how come he knows he is in Pakistan? You Indians have become a laughing stock now and we in Pakistan just laugh at your stupidity and insane allegations, we don't care what you think!
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May 12, 2015 12:34am
Osama Bin Ladin is alive and in India and will be brought back too
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May 12, 2015 12:48am
Pakistan can show good gesture to India. Why not help India by looking for Dawood? He is a criminal after all
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May 12, 2015 02:37am
All they do is talk
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May 12, 2015 02:50am
Honourable Minister...When will you learn to act smartly before talking?? If USA just talked about Laden, they would have been still talking!!
Irrespective of where a terrorist / criminal is from or of what religion he/she follows, sure all Pakistanis, Indians and world over will laud if DI is brought to justice.
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May 12, 2015 03:24am
@Amit ......and till now interpol has been sleeping?
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May 12, 2015 04:30am
Somehow Dawood's daughter marries Javed Miandad son . Dawood's niece marriage took place in Pakistan some time back . Abu Salem who was held by Denmark police and was handed over to India has given statements 100 times about Dawood's location .
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May 12, 2015 04:50am
What will India do to Dawood Ibrahim? There will be a trial and court will say Dawood is guilty, and then release him on bail because some Muslims will be offended. Look at the farce of giving bail to Salman Khan, Jayalalita ans Satyam folks , Ramlinga Raju and his ten accomplices. Everyone is on bail if you have power and money. Poor people get convicted.
Dawood Ibrahim has so much money that Indian court dare on put him in jail.
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May 12, 2015 07:05am
@Umer Ali .Not sure anything can happen with us
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May 12, 2015 08:30am
So where is the proof?
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May 12, 2015 09:20am
So let me get this straight .....there is another article in this very same paper which tells us that no "foreign hands" are present in Pakistan ...and here we have Indians not only claiming to know about Dawood's presence in Pakistan but also blatantly threatening us of doing operations inside Pakistan. Now what should we make out of the two stories in the same newspaper that tell us two very different things ! And by the way, India really needs to work on providing proofs to Pakistan for whatever allegations it levels , otherwise all their claims would head the way the "terrorist boat" went !!!
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May 12, 2015 09:20am
@ZAK You have changed a lot!! :-)
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May 12, 2015 10:20am
@Sunil
OBL was never killed in Abbotabad, Sir. It was a false drama created by US in connivance with Pakistani authorities. It was as fake drama as was 9/11.
Indian Minister had recently confessed that whereabouts of Dawood Ibrahim were not known; despite earlier claims of his presence in Pakistan. India is not bad in fabricating dramas too, Sir. Some of such examples are: so called Mumbai attacks; attack on the Indian Parliament; Pakistani boat with four fishermen....etc etc !!!!!
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