Central govt bans proxy teams of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed

In a crackdown on cross-border terrorism, the Centre has banned two proxy organizations of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy group of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and People’s Anti-Fascist-Front (PAFF), a proxy organisation of Jaish-e-Mohammed, have been banned by the union authorities.

Along with this, 4 individuals have been declared terrorists within the final 4 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have repeatedly emphasised that the Centre is adopting a zero-tolerance coverage whereas taking motion towards terror teams and terrorists. The current actions by the union authorities are seen towards this backdrop.

On January 5, the Home Ministry declared The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy group of the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a banned group. The Home Ministry stated the TRF has been recruiting youth via on-line mode for furthering terrorist actions, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists, and smuggling of arms and narcotics from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir. Starting in 2019 as a consultant of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba ( LeT), the group has been concerned in various terrorist actions, together with the 26/11 Mumbai terror assaults.

At the identical time, TRF additionally works to incite the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir to affix terrorist organizations towards the Government of India and conduct psychological campaigns on social media platforms. TRF commander Sheikh Sajjad Gul has already been designated as a terrorist beneath the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967, the Home ministry stated. Lots of instances have additionally been registered towards TRF members and associates.

On January 6, the Home Ministry additionally banned the People’s Anti-Fascist-Front (PAFF), a proxy organisation of the Pakistani terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed. This group is concerned in terrorist actions in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere. The Home Ministry stated the PAFF continues to concern threats to safety forces, political leaders and civilians working in Jammu and Kashmir from different states. PAFF, together with different organisations, used to hold out violent terrorist actions in Jammu and Kashmir and different main cities of India and conspire via social media.

On January 4, the Home Ministry issued a notification stating that Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar alias Abu Usman al-Kashmiri is a Kashmir-born terrorist. He has hyperlinks with al-Qaeda and different world terrorist teams and was getting ready to show India into an Islamic nation. He has been declared a terrorist. Aijaz Ahmad, based mostly in Afghanistan, is at present one of many main recruiters of the Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK).

Aijaz Ahmad was born in Srinagar in 1974. He has been a needed terrorist from Jammu and Kashmir for the final 20 years. He has deliberate many terrorist actions within the Union Territory in collaboration with many terrorist organizations. According to the Home Ministry, Aijaz Ahmad has been working in direction of selling terrorism in Kashmir and has began figuring out Kashmiri individuals who will be included in its community. He was appointed head of the Islamic State (IS) recruitment cell for India and was instrumental in launching a web based India-centric ISIS propaganda journal.

On January 5, the Home Ministry declared Mohammad Amin Khubaib alias Abu Khubaib, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, as a terrorist. At current, Amin is serving because the launching commander of Lashkar and has established good relations with a number of businesses throughout the border. He is enjoying an essential position within the fast resumption of Lashkar’s terrorist actions in Jammu. Mohammad Amin takes care of the coordination of terrorist assaults in Jammu and Kashmir from throughout the border, the provision of arms and explosives, and financial issues associated to terrorists.

On sixth January 2023, the Home Ministry additionally issued one other notification declaring Arbaaz Ahmad Mir as a terrorist of the banned Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar. He is a resident of Jammu and Kashmir however is at present residing in Pakistan. It is being instructed that he was concerned in all of the target-killing instances which have been reported in Jammu and Kashmir in the previous couple of months.

On January 7, the Interior Ministry declared Asif Maqbool Dar a terrorist for influencing Kashmiri youth to take up arms. Asif at present lives in Saudi Arabia. He has been in contact with terrorists within the Kashmir Valley for fairly a while and has been supporting terrorists by transporting unlawful arms, ammunition and explosives from throughout the border.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced that Asif Maqbool is concerned in inciting the youth of Kashmir Valley to terrorist actions utilizing social media platforms. He is related to the banned terror group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and is among the main radical fundamentalist Islamist voices on social media. At the identical time, he instigates Kashmiri youth to take up arms towards the safety forces.

Investigations by the National Investigation Agency have discovered that he has hyperlinks with a conspiracy hatched by cadres of the organisation finishing up violent terror actions in Jammu and Kashmir. He has been discovered responsible of actions in a number of main cities, together with New Delhi.