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New Delhi [India], March 15 : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that four orgzations have been notified as terrorist orgzations under the UAPA in the year 2023 so far and their names have been added in the First Schedule of the Act.Nityanand Rai in a written reply to the question of BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi said, "Four orgzations have been notified as terrorist orgzations under the UAPA in the year 2023 so far and their names have been added in the First Schedule of the Act. These orgzations have been involved in terrorism and have committed and participated in various acts of terrorism in India."These four orgzations are The Resistance Front (TRF), Peoples Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) and Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF).MoS Home Nityanand Rai further said, "The Resistance Front (TRF)- It is a proxy outfit of the terrorist orgzation Lashkar-E-Taiba and came into existence in 2019."It has been involved in the planning of killings of security force personnel and innocent civilians of Jammu and Kashmir, co-ordinating and transporting weapons to support proscribed terrorist orgsations, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from across the border in major cities in India," Rai stated.The union MoS further said in the written reply, "Terrorist orgzation Peoples Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) is a proxy outfit of terrorist orgzation Jaish-E-Mohammed and came into existence in 2019. It has been involved in the radicalization of youth for the purpose of recruitment and training in handling guns, ammunition and explosives, issuing threats to Indian security forces, political leaders and civilians working in Jammu and Kashmir from other parts of the country, conspiring pro-actively physically and in social media to undertake violent terrorist acts in Jammu and Kashmir and other Major cities in India."Nityanand Rai further inform the upper House that Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) surfaced in 2020 as a terrorist outfit and draws its cadres from various proscribed terrorist orgzations, such as Lashker-E-Taiba, Jaish-E-Mohammed, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jehad-E-Islami, etc."It has been involved in infiltration bids, narcotics and weapon smuggling and carrying out terror attacks in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It has been issuing threats to Indian Security Forces and inciting people of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to join terrorist outfits against India," he stated."Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) came into existence in the year 2011 as an offshoot of Babbar Khalsa International, a proscribed terrorist orgzation under the UAPA. It promotes acts of terrorism and its cadres have been receiving financial and logistics support including sophisticated weaponry from their foreign-based handlers and has been found involved in various terrorist cases, including targeted killings" Rai said in a written reply.MoS Home Rai further said that So far 54 Terrorists and 44 Terrorist orgzations have been listed under the Fourth Schedule and the First Schedule of the UAPA respectively till February 2023.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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