Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 13, 2022, 11:34 PM
New Delhi : The name of Jaish-e-Mohammed's top commander and one of India's most wanted terrorists, Abdul Rauf Asghar, is once again in the news. On Wednesday, a proposal to blacklist this terrorist was presented in the United Nations, but China obstructed and the proposal could not be passed. However, in its clarification on Saturday, Dragon cited technical problems. Asghar is also the younger brother of Jaish-e-Mohammed commander Masood Azhar, who is presently in Pakistan, only his rulers know his whereabouts. Apart from the hijacking of Indian Airlines 814 in 1999, he is the culprit of India in many cases.Abdul Rauf Asghar, the top commander of the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed, is not only involved in the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane (1999). He is accused of being involved in attacks on the Indian Parliament in 2001, attacks on the Indian Air Force, attacks on security force personnel in Pathankot, Pulwama and several places in Jammu.Indian Airlines 814 incidentIndian Airlines' IC-814 aircraft was hijacked from Nepal on 24 December 1999. The aircraft was flown to Amritsar, Lahore and Dubai before landing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Afghanistan was then controlled by the Taliban. The Taliban provided full help and security to Pakistani terrorists at that time. Asghar had a hand in this hijacking. Asghar had hijacked the plane with 176 passengers to release his elder brother Masood Azhar.attack on indian parliamentOn 13 December 2001, there was a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India's democracy. Jaish-e-Mohammed was behind this attack. The entire fabric of this attack was woven by the top commander of the terrorist organization Asghar. In this attack, a total of 9 people including the guards of Parliament House, Delhi Police personnel were martyred. While all the five terrorists were killed by the security forces. The aim of the terrorists was to target the MPs inside the Parliament House but, they could not succeed in that.Terrorist attack on Pathankot airbaseOn January 2, 2016, Jaish-e-Mohammed carried out the terrorist attack on the Pathankot airbase. 7 soldiers were martyred in this sudden attack. Whereas in retaliation, the security forces killed all the five terrorists. The terrorists entered the army uniform, due to which they could not be identified quickly. Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf Asghar were the brains behind this attack.Pulwama AttackThe terrorist attack in Pulwama on 14 February 2019 shook the whole country. An explosion took place on the bus carrying CRPF jawans and 40 jawans were martyred. Jaish-e-Mohammed had claimed the responsibility of this attack. Asghar, the master of this organization, was the conspirator of this attack. In fact, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the attackers rammed a CRPF convoy bus with an explosive-laden car. The explosion was so fierce that the bus was blown up.