NewzVille Desk
Under the ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ against terrorism, the Ministry of Home Affairs, under the guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has designated 23 more individuals as ‘terrorists’. Shah said that the Modi government is committed to dismantling every terror module to ensure the safety of India and its people.
In a post on X, Amit Shah said “Pursuing PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s vision of zero tolerance against terror: the MHA today declared 23 dreaded terror functionaries affiliated with banned organisations as terrorists under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The designated terrorists are involved in anti-India activities, carrying out terror attacks, inciting terror, trafficking arms, infiltrating through the border, facilitating terrorist organisations, raising funds and recruiting terrorists. Out of the 23 terrorists announced today, 17 are Pakistani nationals and 6 are Indian nationals. However, all of them at present operate terrorist activities from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.”
Designating these individuals as terrorists will not only help dismantle the terror ecosystem by curbing their financial networks, movements, recruitment capabilities, and terror-linked activities, but will also send a strong message of deterrence against anti-national and terrorist acts.
Furthermore, it will enhance the capacity of security and law enforcement agencies to initiate coordinated legal, investigative, and preventive actions at both national and international levels.
Following the amendment to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) by the Central Government in 2019, a total of 57 individuals have so far been designated as ‘terrorists’ under Section 35 of the said Act and listed in its Fourth Schedule.
The Central Government has now designated the following 23 additional individuals as ‘terrorists’:
1. Masood Ilyas Kashmiri @ Mufti Masood Ilyas @ Masood Ilyas @ Abu Mohammad @ M. Masood Ilyas
2. Mohammad Musadiq @ Doctor @ Abdul Mannan @ Sajjad @ Hamza @ Wahid Khan
3. Mufti Mohammad Asghar Khan @ Abu Saad @ Saad Jimmy
4. Hafiz Abdul Shakoor @ Qari Jarrar
5. Abdullah Jihadi @ Shahnawaz @ Al-Hijama
6. Firdous Ahmed Bhat
7. Ghulam Farid @ Gulshan Kumar @ Farid
8. Haroon Rashid Ganai @ Shunu
9. Bilal Ahmed Mir @ Ahmed Bhai
10. Abid Qayoom Lone
11. Nazir Ahmed Gujjar @ Abu Manazil
12. Abdul Rauf @ Hafiz Abdul Rauf @ Hafiz Abdul Rauf @ Hafiz Abdur Rauf
13. Ashfaq Ahmed @ Ishfaq Ahmed
14. Hafiz Khalid Walid @ Hafiz Khalid Naik @ Khalid Walid
15. Maulana Imdad Ullah Makki @ Maulana Imdad @ Imdad Bhai @ Maulana Imdadullah
16. Maulana Saifullah Khalid @ Waliul @ Mohammad Salim @ Wajid
17. Mohammad Yaqoob @ Abu Sumama @ Samama Ilyas @ Waris Ali
18. Maulana Yusuf Taibi @ Mohammad Yusuf
19. Owais Farooz @ Owais Ahmed Mir @ Owais Farooz Mir
20. Qari Yaqub Sheikh @ Qari Mohammad Yaqub Sheikh @ Yaqub Sheikh @ Qari Sheikh Muhammad Yaqub @ Mohammad Yaqub
21. Rana Iftikhar @ Rana Waleed Atif @ Rana Iftikhar Haider @ Rana Iftikhar Ahmed @ Haider Khan
22. Wasim Noor Jat @ Qari Wasim
23. Mohammad Shahid Faisal @ Ustad @ Muhandis @ Zakir
