Crackdown on terror: Two groups banned, four individuals declared terrorists

Continuing its crackdown on terrorism sponsored from across the border the Centre banned two proxy organisations of the dreaded LashkareTaiba and JaisheMohammad and declared four individuals terrorists in last four daysThe action against the terror groups and terrorists came amidst the repeated assertions by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah that the central government has adopted a zero tolerance policy towards terrorismOn January 4 the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA issued a notification stating that Aijaz Ahmad Ahanger alias Abu Usman AlKashmiri a Kashmirborn terrorist who has contacts with alQaeda and other global terrorist groups and is engaged in restarting the Islamic State IS in India was declared an individual terroristAijaz Ahmad presently based in Afghanistan is one of the chief recruiters of Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir ISJKAijaz Ahmad who was born in Srinagar in 1974 is a wanted terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir for more than two decades and has started planning terrorrelated strategies in the Union Territory by building coordination channels between various terrorist groupsAccording to the MHA Aijaz Ahmad is working towards providing traction to militancy in Kashmir and has started the process of identifying people for inclusion in his Kashmirbased networkHe was appointed the head of Islamic State IS recruitment cell for India and had been instrumental in initiating an online Indiacentric ISIS propaganda magazineA day later on Jan 5 the MHA declared The Resistance Front TRF a proxy of the Pakistanbased terror group LashkareTaiba a banned organisationThe MHA said the TRF is recruiting youth through online medium for furtherance of terrorist activities recruitment of terrorists infiltration of terrorist and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into Jammu and KashmirThe group came into existence in 2019 as a proxy of the banned LeT which was involved in numerous terror acts including 2611 Mumbai terror attacksThe TRF is involved in psychological operations on social media platforms for inciting people of Jammu and Kashmir to join terrorist outfits against the Indian governmentThe MHA said Sheikh Sajjad Gul is a Commander of the TRF and has already been designated as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967A large number of cases have also been registered against the members and associates of the TRFOn the same night the MHA designated Mohammed Amin Khubaiab alias Abu Khubaiab who belongs to Jammu and Kashmir but currently lives in Pakistan an individual terroristAlso Read 18 detained as search operation continues to crack Rajouri terror attack caseHe is acting as launching commander of the LeT and has developed a deep association with the crossborder agencies and is playing a vital role to revive and accelerate terrorist activities of LeT in JammuMohammed Amin has been involved in coordinating terrorist attacks supply of arms or weapons and explosives terror financing in Jammu and Kashmir from across the borderOn January 6 the MHA banned Peoples AntiFascistFront PAFF a proxy outfit of another Pakistanbased terror group JaisheMohammed for its involvement in terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhereThe MHA said the PAFF has been regularly issuing threats to security forces political leaders and civilians working in Jammuand Kashmir from other statesThe PAFF alongwith other organisations is involved in conspiring proactively physically and in social media to undertake violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir and other major cities in IndiaThe PAFF alongwith other organisations is indulging in radicalisation of impressionable youth for the purpose of recruitment and training in handling guns ammunitions and explosivesThrough a separate notification on the same night the MHA designated Arbaz Ahmad Mir who hails from Jammu and Kashmir but is presently based in Pakistan and is working for banned terror group LeT an individual terroristArbaz Ahmad has been involved in target killings and has emerged as main conspirator in murder of a female teacher Rajni Bala in Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir a few months agoHe has been involved in coordinating terrorism in Kashmir valley and supporting terrorists by transporting illegal arms or ammunition or explosives from across the border it saidOn Jan 7 the MHA declared Asif Maqbool Dar who lives in Saudi Arabia and a leading radical voice involved in influencing Kashmiri youth to take up arms as an individual terroristThe MHA announced he is involved in instigating or provoking the youth of Kashmir Valley for terrorist activities by using social media platformsHe is associated with banned terror group HizbUlMujahideen and is one of the leading radical voices on social media and involved in nefariously influencing Kashmiri youth to take up arms against security forcesHe is an accused in a case investigated by the National Investigation Agency relating to conspiracy hatched by the cadres of terrorist organisation to undertake violent terrorist act in Jammu and Kashmir and major cities in India including New Delhi on the direction of handlers based across the borderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever