The Center on Tuesday designated 4 operatives of two terror teams working in Kashmir as terrorists underneath the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The terrorists have been recognized as Hizbul Mujahideen members Shaukat Ahmad Sheikh, Basit Ahmad Reshi and Imtiyaz Ahmed Kandu and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Habibullah Malik.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), a minimum of one among them is Pakistani whereas the others are of Kashmiri origin, and all function from Pakistan.
As per the MHA notification, Sheikh alias Shaukat Mochi is a local of Baramulla in Kashmir however is presently primarily based in Pakistan. He, the MHA claimed, is performing because the “chief launching commander of the terrorist organization Hizb-ul-Mujahideen”, which is already banned underneath the UAPA.
“Sheikh plays a vital role in spreading terror… because of his deep network of allies in North Kashmir is involved in infiltration and recruitment of terrorists and carrying out terror attacks,” the notification stated.
Kandu, the MHA claimed, of Kraltang, Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir however presently primarily based in Pakistan, “has been involved in smuggling narcotics, managing finances and supplying arms, ammunition to terrorists” “. Kandu is coordinating the assaults on safety forces and civilians… motivating youth to affix terrorist ranks to hold out terror actions within the Kashmir Valley,” the MHA stated.
Reshi, a local of Yambarajalwari Shiv Dangarpora in Baramulla and presently primarily based in Pakistan, has been declared a terrorist as a result of he’s “concerned in subversive actions and coordinates goal killings in Jammu and Kashmir … Tajjore Shariat in Sopore on August 18, 2015 Baba Ali Raina in Peth Astan, through which a policeman and a civilian had been killed … Coordinates the recruitment and execution of terrorist assaults. He manages arms and ammunition, funds terrorist actions and youth to affix terrorist ranks within the Valley, the MHA stated.
Lashkar operative Malik alias Sajid Jatt is a Pakistani nationwide primarily based in Kasur, and can also be stated to be related to The Resistance Front (TRF). “Malik has been involved in radicalizing Kashmiri youth and recruiting them to militancy through his network… Malik is the prime handler of terrorists who attacked Indian soldiers in Bhata Dhurian, Poonch… Jammu region for terrorists,” MHA stated.
The MHA has claimed that Malik has created a community of hardline terrorists and mastermind a number of terrorist assaults within the Valley, together with the June 2013 fidayeen assault in Hyderpora and the December 2013 killing of the Chadoora station home officer.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
