The international community should mount pressure on the country that is “harbouring global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim” so that he could face trial in India, CBI Director Vijay Shankar said here on Wednesday without naming Pakistan.

“We all know where he (Dawood) is. The international community should exert pressure on the country for handing over Dawood Ibrahim to India,” Shankar said on the sidelines of the 7th Interpol Conference on Cyber Crime here.

Dawood, India’s most wanted fugitive, is accused of having masterminded the 1993 Mumbai blasts that killed 257 people, India’s worst terror attack, among many other crimes. “The cooperation should not only be restricted to dreaded criminals like Dawood but also to other fugitives posing threats to nations,” he replied, when asked about the efficacy of Interpol Red Corner notices on Dawood.

Interpol Secretary General Ronald K Noble admitted there was no legal sanctity to Red Corner notices that are sent only to inform the member countries about fugitives.

“I can only say that it is for the judicial order of that country whether it wanted to comply with the warrant or not,” he said. However, Noble said: “We have asked the CBI to satisfy some Interpol standards on Dawood, which they have agreed upon.”

Last month the CBI had sent a letter to its Pakistani counterpart, Federal Investigating Agency to confirm media reports about Dawood being detained by the   ISI. Just last week, US backed India’s long-standing view that Dawood was in Pakistan. However, Pakistani authorities have strongly denied his presence.
 of Dawood and his accomplices in the country.