| Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar, Dawood Ibrahim declared terrorists under new anti-terror law | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 4: India has declared Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and others terrorists under the new anti-terror law. Apart from them, the government list of new officially announced terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act include LeT's supreme commander of operations in Kashmir Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The decision has been taken almost a month after the Parliament approved a crucial amendment the UAPA, 1967 Bill.
According to an official statement by Home Ministry, the aforementioned India's most wanted men are first to be declared terrorist under the new anti-terror bill. According to reports, MHA issued a gazette notification declaring the four individuals as 'terrorists' under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. |
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