The Most Wanted is a most wanted list maintained by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA). Individuals usually are removed from the list only when they are captured, die or the charges against them are dropped.[1]
History
editIn May 2011, following the killing of Osama bin Laden, India released a list of the 50 most wanted fugitives it alleged were hiding in Pakistan. The list was prepared in consultation with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the NIA,[2] the Intelligence Bureau (IB)[3][4] and various law enforcement agencies.[5] According to Home Ministry spokesperson Onkar Kedia, the CBI had named 40 people and the NIA included 10 suspected terrorists in the list.[6] However, it was later discovered that two of the people on the list submitted by the CBI were actually in India (one in jail, and the other was out on bail), following which the Home Ministry directed the agencies to review the list.[3] India prepared a new list containing 48 names,[7][8] and handed it over to Pakistan in July 2011.[9] The list contained Interpol red corner notices, details of the crimes committed, aliases and Pakistani passport and identity document numbers of those allegedly hiding in Pakistan.[10]
Similar lists had been given to Pakistani authorities in 2004, 2007, 2010[11] and March 2011.[12] However, then Home Minister P. Chidambaram stated in a May 2011 interview with Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN that "they never acted on any list", were "always dismissive" and described the process as a "ritual".[13][14] He also blamed the CBI for errors in the 2011 list.[15]
On 26 May 2013, DNA reported that NIA had asked every state to send a report every three months on the latest activities and intelligence about the fugitives on its list. A senior police officer told the newspaper that they had to provide "the latest information on the latest locations of these fugitives, whether they are dead or alive and if they attended any religious functions recently". The move was reportedly taken to prevent mistakes in the list, like the ones that had been found in the 2011 list.[16]
In October 2018, the NIA released a new Most Wanted list containing 258 names, including 15 women, with the maximum reward on offer for the arrest of Maoist leader Mupalla L. Rao (aka Ganapathy).[17]
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editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Investigation Agency Most Wanted". Government of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Wazhul Khan's name on most-wanted list an oversight by Mumbai police: Chidambaram". Truthdive.com. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "India may give Pak a corrected list of wanted terrorists". Sify. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Red-faced govt orders inquiry into 'most wanted' goof". The Times of India. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Pakistan seeks clarification on most-wanted list". The Economic Times. 30 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Terror list goof-up: CBI admits mistake, action against three". The Times of India. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Govt prepares fresh list of 48 wanted criminals". The Times of India. TNN. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "India's new Most Wanted list for Pakistan". NDTV.com. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "India to send new 'wanted' list to Pakistan". Timesnow.Tv. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "India to press Pakistan on fugitives". Atimes.com. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Washington wants prompt intelligence from Pakistan on Illyas Kashmiri". India Today. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "India to Hand Over Fresh List of Fugitives to Pakistan". news.outlookindia.com. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "No apologies for goof-ups in wanted list: Chidambaram". The Times of India. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Daily Times. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Chidambaram shirks blame on goof-up in most-wanted list". India Today. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ Dighe, Sandip (26 May 2013). "NIA wants latest info on fugitives". DNA. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ NIA’s ‘Most Wanted’ list has 258 names but it badly wants this man, Indianexpress.com, 21 October 2018 (accessed on 26 June 2019)