Delhi, July 4: The Centre on Saturday declared 23 more individuals as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), making the largest addition to the list in recent times, as part of a bid to dismantle the terror infrastructure run by the Pakistan-based terror outfits like Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and their affiliate networks.
Out of the 23 terrorists announced today, 17 are Pakistani nationals and six are Indian nationals.
“Pursuing Modi Ji's vision of zero tolerance against terror, the MHA today declared 23 dreaded terror functionaries as terrorists under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,” the Office of Home Minister of India posted on ‘X’.
“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,” it said.
All the terrorists announced today operate terrorist activities from Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
“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,” it stated.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also released a set of notifications to include the names in the Fourth Schedule of the UAPA, that gives the Government the power to declare people as terrorists if they indulge in any terrorist activity.
Sources said, one of the persons included in the list is Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, identified as a senior member of JeM, indulged in recruitment and training of terrorists and infiltration of terrorists into India. The notification identifies his involvement in the 2022 Sunjwan attack in Jammu.
The list of 23 new terrorists designated as terrorists are:
