MHA declares Dr Asif Maqbool as militant beneath UAPA – The Dispatch

SRINAGAR: The Union House Ministry on Saturday declared Dr. Asif Maqbool, who is predicated in Saudi Arabia, as terrorist beneath the Illegal Actions (Prevention Act)-1967.

In a notification, the MHA mentioned that Dr. Asif Maqbool, who’s resident of Bandey Payeen, Wagoora, Baramulla, presently based mostly at Daman, Ash Sharqiyah, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, is related to Hizb-Ul- Muhahideen.

“The mentioned Dr. Asif Maqbool Dar is in concerned in instigating or scary the youth of Kashmir Valley for terrorist actions through the use of social media platforms,” reads the notification

In accordance with the MHA,Dr. Asif Maqbool Dar is likely one of the main radical voices on social media and is concerned in nefariously influencing Kashmiri youth to take up arms in opposition to the Indian authorities and safety forces.

The MHA additional mentioned that Dr. Asif Maqbool Dar is accused in a case investigated by the Nationwide Investigating Company referring to a conspiracy hatched by the cadres of the terrorist group to undertake violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir and main cities in India together with New Delhi on the course of handlers based mostly throughout the border.

Dr. Asif Maqbool is the 52nd individual to be declared as a terrorist beneath the UAPA.