  We present our near infrared ESO-NTT Ks band observations of the field of IGR
J17448-3232 which show no extended emission consistent with the SNR but in
which we identify a new counterpart, also visible in Spitzer images up to 24
{\mu}m, at the position of the X-ray point source, CXOUJ174437.3-323222.
Multi-wavelength spectral modelling shows that the data are consistent with a
reddened and absorbed single power law over five orders of magnitude in
frequency. This implies non-thermal, possibly synchrotron emission that renders
the previous identification of this source as a possible pulsar, and its
association to the SNR, unlikely; we instead propose that the emission may be
due to a blazar viewed through the plane of the Galaxy.
