Terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967

(Ministry of Home Affairs)

WHAT

After the recent amendments in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the Government of India has decided to declare the following individuals as terrorists and add their names to Schedule 4 of the Act:

• Maulana Masood Azhar: chief, founder and key leader of Jaish-e-Mohammad
• Hafiz Muhammad: chief, founder and key leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamat-ud-Dawa
• Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi: chief operation commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba and one of its founder members
• Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar: runs an international underworld crime syndicate and is involved in perpetrating acts of terror

All of the above are involved in terrorist attacks in India, and have been designated as global terrorists under United Nations.

WHY THIS STEP TAKEN

Earlier when terrorist organizations were banned, the individuals associated with it simply changed names and continued to carry out terrorist activities.

 

UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT

• The law aimed at the effective prevention of unlawful activities associations in India.
• Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India.

Amended by

• The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 1967;
• The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1972;
• Delegated Legislation Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1986;
• The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2004,
• The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2008
• Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2012
• The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019

 

Source: PIB

 

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