In this episode of Fugitive Files, we investigate Sajid Mir — one of the world’s most elusive terrorists and a key architect behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a three-day siege that left 166 people dead, including six Americans. A senior operative of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Mir is accused of directing the assault from afar, guiding gunmen through phone and internet communications as they targeted hotels, a train station, and a Jewish center in coordinated strikes that paralyzed an entire city.

According to U.S. prosecutors, Mir’s reach extended far beyond Mumbai — linking him to a separate LeT plot to attack the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten for publishing controversial cartoons, and to extensive recruitment and reconnaissance operations carried out with convicted terrorist David Coleman Headley. Charged with conspiracy to murder, aiding and abetting the killing of U.S. citizens abroad, and providing material support to terrorism, Mir remains a Most Wanted Terrorist, with a $5 million reward offered for information leading to his capture.

A handler turned phantom, a global network built on ideology and deception, and a trail of violence that spans continents — this is the story of Sajid Mir.
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