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China on Friday once again put a hold on a proposal moved at the United Nations by the US and co-supported by India to designate Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, Sajid Mir as a "global terrorist."

He is India's most wanted terrorist and was involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

This is the third time that China has blocked an India-US proposal in recent months after Abdul Rehman Makki, LeT and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader as well as Abdul Rauf Azhar, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar was protected by Beijing.

Sajid Mir is a top Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) Commander and in charge of the "India Setup" of LeT.

He is one of the masterminds of the Mumbai Terror Attack that took place on November 26, 2008 in which 175 people were killed and 291 injured.

Mir was LeT Project Manager for the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He, through a satellite phone, instructed the terrorists involved in the attacks for executing hostages during the operation.

He is also actively involved in the launching of LeT operatives into India.

In 2003 a LeT module controlled by him was busted in Australia.

Sajid Mir reportedly underwent plastic surgery in 2008.

India has listed him as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, UAPA. Pakistan arrested Sajid Mir in 2022 and sentenced him to 15 years on terrorist financing charges related to a charity set up by LeT founder Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.

Mir was indicted in the US District Court, Northern District of Illinois on April 21, 2011, and was charged with conspiracy to injure the property of a foreign government; providing material support to terrorists; killing a citizen outside of the US, aiding and abetting; and the bombing of places of public use.

An arrest warrant was issued on April 22, 2011.

The US Department of States in November 2018 announced a reward of upto USD 5 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Mir.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation, in March 2019, included Mir in its most wanted terrorist list.