On Saturday, July 04, the Union Home Ministry declared 23 people associated with banned terrorist organizations Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), The Resistance Front (TRF) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as individual terrorists under UAPA. According to the notification of the Home Ministry, all these 23 people were involved in various types of terrorist activities. Now the number of persons declared terrorists under the Fourth Schedule of UAPA has increased to 80.
11 out of 23 terrorists belong to Kashmir
All these 23 terrorists are accused of planning and executing attacks, recruiting and radicalizing people for terrorist attacks, infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir, terror funding, arms smuggling, logistics management and promoting cross-border terrorism in India. Of the 23 terrorists, 11 are originally from Jammu and Kashmir. They are currently living in Pakistan or Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). According to the Home Ministry, seven of these people are in PoJK, while four are living in Pakistan.
7 terrorists belonging to Jammu and Kashmir, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, Mufti Muhammad Asghar Khan, Hafiz Abdul Shakur, Abdullah Jihadi, Ghulam Farid, Bilal Ahmed Mir and Abid Qayoom Lonaya are living in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Whereas, Haroon Rashid Ganai, Nazir Ahmed Gurjar, Owais Farooq Mir, Muhammad Shahid Faisal are living in Pakistan. Faisal is originally from Bangalore and also has an Indian address, but now he is living in Rawalpindi.
These Pakistanis also declared terrorists under UAPA
Apart from this, Pakistan’s Abdul Rauf, Hafiz Khalid Waleed, Firdous Ahmed Bhat, Maulana Saifullah Khalid, Muhammad Yacob, Maulana Yusuf Taibi, Qari Yacob Shaikh, Rana Iftikhar, Wasim Noor Jatt, Ashfaq Ahmed, Maulana Imdad Ullah Makki and Muhammad Musadiq have also been declared terrorists under UAPA.
Of all these 23 terrorists, 10 are associated with JeM, while 13 are associated with LeT. Some are also associated with TRF and JuD. The ministry said that these people played an important role in recruitment and training of terrorists, infiltration into J&K, planning attacks on security forces and civilians, delivering weapons and explosives through drones and cross-border networks, raising funds and maintaining logistical and operational infrastructure for terrorist organizations.
Which terrorists were associated with which work?
- Masood Ilyas Kashmiri-JeM conspiracy and infiltration of terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir
- Mohammed Musaddiq alias Doctor-JeM recruitment and radicalization work
- Mufti Mohammad Asghar Khan-JeM ideological and operational support
- Hafiz Abdul Shakoor-LeT/JuD- Funding and Logistics Network
- Abdullah Jihadi- Recruitment and training of JeM terrorists
- Firdous Ahmed Bhat- Network operations in LeT/TRF Jammu and Kashmir
- Ghulam Farid- LeT infiltration and weapons delivery
- Haroon Rashid Ganai- TRF Local Module and Logistics Support
- Bilal Ahmed Mir- Coordination of LeT terrorist activities
- Abid Qayyum Lone- TRF Recruitment and Module Operations
- Nazir Ahmed Gujjar- Helping LeT in cross border infiltration
- Abdul Rauf- Operation of JeM terrorist activities
- Ashfaq Ahmed- LeT arms and funding network
- Hafiz Khalid Waleed- close associate of LeT/JuD Hafiz Saeed.
- Maulana Imdad Ullah Makki: JeM religious fundamentalism and recruitment
- Maulana Saifullah Khalid-JeM terrorist training and propaganda
- Mohammad Yaqoob- LeT Operational Support
- Maulana Yousuf Taibi-JeM recruitment and radical activities
- Owais Farooq-TRF Social Media & Recruitment Network
- Qari Yaqoob Shaikh-LeT Movement of weapons and terrorists
- Rana Iftikhar-LeT cross border terrorist operation
- Wasim Noor Jat-LeT network of weapons delivery through drones
- Mohammad Shahid Faisal-Logistic support to TRF/LeT terrorists
TRF is a part of Lashkar-e-Taiba
India and the international community have already declared JeM and LeT as terrorist organizations. India had banned JeM i.e. Jaish-e-Muhammad under anti-terrorism laws after its involvement in major terrorist activities. In December 2001, America declared it a foreign terrorist organization. It was included in the United Nations sanctions list on 17 October 2001.
At the same time, LeT i.e. Lashkar-e-Taiba is responsible for many attacks in India including the 2008 Mumbai attacks. It was also declared a foreign terrorist organization by America in 2001. Then on May 2, 2005, it was included as a terrorist organization by the United Nations. At the same time, TRF (The Resistance Front) is not an independent organization, but a front and proxy of LeT. According to Indian security agencies, TRF was created by LeT handlers to carry out Pakistan-backed terrorist activities in J&K and then avoid international investigation.
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