New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) A Delhi court on Thursday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who had earlier pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), in a terror funding case. Special Judge Praveen Singh directed the NIA authorities to assess Malik's financial situation to determine the amount of fine to be imposed and posted the matter for arguments on the quantum of sentence on May 25. Malik had told the court that he was not contesting the charges levelled against him including section 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for the terrorist act), 18 (conspiracy to commit terrorist act), and 20 (being a member of terrorist gang or organisation) of the UAPA and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (sedition) of the IPC. The court had earlier also formally framed the charges against Kashmiri separatist leaders including Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, Shabbir Shah, Masarat Alam, Md Yusuf Shah, Aftab Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan, Md Akbar Khanday, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shabir Ahmad Shah, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, and Naval Kishore Kapoor. The charge sheet was also filed against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who have been declared proclaimed offenders (PO) in the case. The case pertains to the alleged conspiracy by Hafiz Saeed and separatist leaders, including the members of the Hurriyat Conference, who had acted in connivance with active members of proscribed terrorist organizations - Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - and others to raise, receive and collect funds domestically and from abroad through various illegal channels, including hawala. The funds were for the purpose of separatist and terrorist activities in J&K to cause disruption in the Valley by way of pelting stones on security forces, systematically burning schools, damaging public property, and waging war against India. According to the NIA, the investigation established that Yasin Malik was the head Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), and was involved in terror activities in J&K. “In 2016, he along with other Hurriyat leaders formed a self-styled group called 'Joint Resistance Leadership', whereby they started issuing directions to the masses to hold protests, demonstrations, hartaals, shutdowns, road-blocks and such other disruptive activities which would push the entire society into chaos and lawlessness,” the NIA said. He was also involved in raising funds from LOC traders, various entities based abroad and distributing those funds among militants and stone-pelters for funding stone-pelting and demonstrations, the agency said. The further trial against the remaining accused persons in the case continues.

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Lahore, Apr 25 (PTI) Pakistan's new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a two-month remission in prisoners’ sentences ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, a relief not applicable to convicts of terrorism cases, including Mumbai terror attack mastermind and banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed. During his visit to the high-security Kot Lakhpat Jail here on Sunday, Prime Minister Shehbaz announced the remission. The two-month remission will not apply to the prisoners convicted in terrorism cases, senior advocate Waheed Shahzad told PTI on Monday. On April 8, an anti-terrorism court here sentenced JuD chief Saeed to 32 years in jail in two more terror financing cases. Earlier in five such cases, the 71-year-old radical cleric had already been convicted for 36 years imprisonment in five terror financing cases. The total sentence of 68 years imprisonment will run concurrently. Saeed may have to spend not many years in jail because his sentence will run concurrently. However, a lawyer told PTI that Saeed may not have to spend many years in jail as his sentence will run concurrently. Saeed is serving his term in Kot Lakhpat jail. Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist on whom the US has placed a USD 10 million bounty, was arrested in July 2019 in the terror financing cases. Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans. The US Department of the Treasury has designated Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Shehbaz also visited the barrack at Lot Lakhpat where he remained imprisoned in the money laundering and assets beyond means cases for about eight months. Sharing his personal experience at the jail, the 70-year-old premier said that jails lack basic facilities for prisoners, including washrooms, laundry and health facilities. The prime minister also ordered the setting up of a committee headed by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah to formulate a comprehensive strategy for the provision of basic facilities to the inmates, besides making improvements in the overall system governing the prisons in the country. The skill development resources should be used in a manner that prisoners could spend their time in the jail in a positive way and play an effective role in society after completion of their terms, Shehbaz said. Shehbaz Sharif's elder brother and former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, 72, has also spent time in the Kot Lakhpat Jail in 2019 before he was allowed to go to the UK for medical treatment on November 20 of that year. He was sentenced to a seven-year jail term in the Al-Azizia Mills corruption case.

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New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) The Centre on Tuesday designated Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) member Sheikh Sajad alias Sajjad Gul and Al Badr member Arjumand Gulzar Dar alias Hamza Burhan as terrorists for their involvement in a series of terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir.While Dar has been involved in funding terrorism and other violence, Gul, who belongs to the LeT terror group, had taken part in the conspiracy to kill journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar in 2018.Gul and Dar are the 37th and 38th individuals respectively to have been designated as terrorists by the Union Home Ministry.With these two, as many as eight individuals have been designated as terrorist by the Centre in the last fortnight.The Union home ministry said Gul is absconding in a case pertaining to recovery of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir, and he has been actively radicalising, motivating and recruiting youngsters in the Union Territory to support the LeT.He has also been involved in terror funding, it said.Gul was found involved in hatching a criminal conspiracy, in connivance with other members of the LeT, to eliminate Bukhari, a prominent journalist, along with two of his personal security officers, at the busy Press Enclave area of Srinagar on June 14, 2018, the ministry said in a notification.Considering his terror activities, the home ministry designated Gul as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967).Born on October 10, 1974, Gul hails from the Rose Avenue Colony HMT Shalteng in Srinagar, and is one of the commanders of the LeT.Dar, aged 23, and born in 1999, hails from Ratnipora, Pulwama, in Jammu and Kashmir.He is a member of the terror outfit Al Badr and went to Pakistan on valid documents where he joined the group.Dar has been an active terrorist and commander of terrorist outfit Al Badr since then. He is currently operating from Pakistan.The home ministry said Dar has been motivating youth to join the outfit and has been funding the terror activities of Al Badr, ever since he went to Pakistan.He has been found involved in cases of recovery of explosives from over ground workers in Pulwama, grenade attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on November 18, 2020, in Pulwama and motivating youths to join militant ranks of the Al Badr.With the declaration of Gul and Dar as terrorists, the law-enforcement agencies can now attach their properties, besides booking any person associated with them.On April 8, the government had designated Hafiz Talha Saeed, a key leader of the LeT and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, as a terrorist.Three days later, on April 11, Pakistani national Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, who was involved in a terror attack on a CRPF bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in 2019, was designated a terrorist.On April 12, Ali Kashif Jan, the Pakistani handler of the terrorists involved in the 2016 attack on the Pathankot airbase, was designated as a terrorist by the Centre.On April 13, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was involved in a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was one of the terrorists released by India in exchange for hostages in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, was declared as a designated terrorist. On April 18, Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo, a commander of banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), was designated as a terrorist.The LeT has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and the group's operational commander, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, besides JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar, who was also released by the government in exchange for the passengers of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 from Afghanistan's Kandahar, are some of the most wanted terrorists in India.India has been consistently seeking the custody of all three, but Pakistan has refused to comply.Similarly, Al Badr has also been involved in series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.The LeT, the JeM and Al Badr are listed as terrorist organisations under the First Schedule of the UAPA.The UAPA has been enacted to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of associations and individuals, dealing with terrorist activities and matters connected therewith.The Act empowers the Centre to notify the name of an individual in its Fourth Schedule if it believes that he is involved in terrorism.

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New Delhi, Apr 19 (PTI) Terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) member Sheikh Sajad alias Sajjad Gul, who took part in the conspiracy to kill journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar in 2018, was designated as a terrorist by the Centre on Tuesday.Gul is the sixth individual to have been designated as a terrorist by the Centre in the last fortnight.The Union home ministry said Gul is absconding in a case pertaining to recovery of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir and has been actively radicalising, motivating and recruiting youngsters in the Union Territory to support the LeT. He has also been involved in terror funding, the ministry said.Gul was found involved in hatching a criminal conspiracy, in connivance with other members of the LeT, to eliminate Bukhari, a prominent journalist, along with two of his personal security officers, at the busy Press Enclave area of Srinagar on June 14, 2018, the ministry said in a notification.Considering his terror activities, the home ministry designated Gul as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967).Born on October 10, 1974, Gul hails from the Rose Avenue Colony HMT Shalteng in Srinagar, and is one of the commanders of the LeT.He is the 37th individual to have been declared as a designated terrorist by the Centre.Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the central government hereby makes the following amendment in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, namely:- In the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, after serial number 36 and entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:— '37. Sheikh Sajad @Sheikh Sajjad Gul @Sajjad Gul @Sajjad Ah Sheikh', the notification read.With the declaration of Gul as a terrorist, the law-enforcement agencies can now attach his properties, besides booking any person associated with him.On April 8, the government had designated Hafiz Talha Saeed, a key leader of the LeT and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, as a terrorist.Three days later, on April 11, Pakistani national Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, who was involved in a terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in 2019, was designated as a terrorist.On April 12, Ali Kashif Jan, the Pakistani handler of the terrorists involved in the 2016 attack on the Pathankot airbase, was designated as a terrorist by the Centre.On April 13, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was involved in a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was one of the terrorists released by India in exchange for hostages in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, was declared as a designated terrorist.On April 18, Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo, a commander of banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), was designated as a terrorist.The LeT has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and the group's operational commander, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, besides JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar, who was also released by the government in exchange for the passengers of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 from Afghanistan's Kandahar, are some of the most wanted terrorists in India.India has been consistently seeking the custody of all three, but Pakistan has refused to comply.The LeT and the JeM are listed as terrorist organisations under the First Schedule of the UAPA.The UAPA has been enacted to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of associations and individuals, dealing with terrorist activities and matters connected therewith.The Act empowers the Centre to notify the name of an individual in its Fourth Schedule if it believes that he is involved in terrorism.

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New Delhi, Apr 18 (PTI) Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo, a commander of banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), was designated as a terrorist by the Centre on Monday for his involvement in various terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.Nengroo is the fifth individual to have been designated as a terrorist by the Centre in the last fortnight.In a notification, the Union home ministry said Nengroo has been involved in the infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir and has also been responsible for perpetrating various terror incidents in the Union Territory.Nengroo (34) is running a terror syndicate in Kashmir and is now engaged in a perilous campaign to orchestrate terror in Jammu and Kashmir, remote controlled from Pakistan, the ministry said.In view of the danger that Nengroo poses to the security of India and in order to deter him from perpetrating terror acts, he has been designated as a terrorist under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), the ministry said.Nengroo, who was born on November 20, 1987, hails from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.His brother Abbass Ahmed Nengroo was an active terrorist of the JeM and was killed in 2013. In February 2020, after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) summoned Nengroo, he along with his family went missing.Nengroo was involved in cases related to the killings of a police personnel in Pulwama in 2013 and a civilian in 2020. He has allegedly been funding terror acts and illegal supplies of weapons to terrorists.The Centre believes that Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo alias Nengroo is involved in terrorism and is to be notified as a terrorist under the UAPA, the notification said.With the declaration of Nengroo as a terrorist, the law-enforcement agencies can now attach his properties, besides booking any person associated with him.Nengroo is the 36th individual to have been declared as a designated terrorist by the Centre.Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the central government hereby makes the following amendment in the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, namely:- In the Fourth Schedule to the said Act, after serial number 35 and entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:- '36. Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo @Nengroo @Ashaq Hussain Nengroo @Ashaq Moulvi', the notification said.Nengroo was also instrumental in helping JeM chief Moulana Masood Azhar's nephew Idrees infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir via the Samba border. His activities clearly point towards his proximity with the JeM chief.His effort to take his family along with him manifests that he has no plans of returning and his aim is to continue inflicting violence on the hapless civilians of Jammu and Kashmir to keep the terror-running factory up and running, an official said.On April 8, the government had designated Hafiz Talha Saeed, a key leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, as a terrorist.Three days later, on April 11, Pakistani national Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, who was involved in a terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bus in Pulwama in 2019, was designated as a terrorist.On April 12, Ali Kashif Jan, the Pakistani handler of the terrorists involved in the 2016 attack on the Pathankot airbase, was designated as a terrorist by the Centre.On April 13, Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, who was involved in a series of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and was one of the released terrorists in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, was declared as a designated terrorist.The JeM has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.JeM founder Azhar, who was released by India in exchange for the release of the passengers of a hijacked Indian Airlines flight from Afghanistan's Kandahar in 1999, is one of the most wanted terrorists in India, along with LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and the LeT's operational commander, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.India has been consistently seeking Azhar's custody, but Pakistan has refused to comply.The JeM is listed as a terrorist organisation under the First Schedule of the UAPA.The UAPA has been enacted to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of associations and individuals, dealing with terrorist activities and matters connected therewith.The Act empowers the Centre to notify the name of an individual in its Fourth Schedule if it believes that he is involved in terrorism.

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New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) Ali Kashif Jan, the Pakistani handler of the 2016 terror attack on Pathankot air base, has been designated as a terrorist by the government.Jan alias Jan Ali Kashif is the third terrorist to have been designated as a terrorist by the central government in the last five days.The Union home ministry said in a notification than Jan was the handler of Punjab's Pathankot air force station terror attack in January 2016 in which seven security personnel and one civilian were killed.Jan, 42, is the operational commander and part of the core planning committee of the dreaded terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). He continues to operate from the launching pads located in Pakistan and is involved in recruitment of cadres for their training and coordinate attack plans at targets in India, the home ministry said.Jan is also accused in various cases registered and being investigated by the National Investigation Agency. He had been declared proclaimed offender in these cases.After the terror attack at the Pathankot air base, a five-member team of Pakistani investigators had visited the air base and collected evidence for three days and met witnesses and survivors.However, after the Pakistani team returned home, it put the blame on India for the attack.Jan was born on January 30, 1982 and a resident of Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.A Red Corner Notice was also issued against him.Jan is now 34th individual who has been designated as terrorist by the government.On April 8, the government had designated Hafiz Talha Saeed, a key leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, a terrorist.On Monday, Pakistani national Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, who was involved in the terror attack on a CRPF bus in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, was designated as a terrorist.The JeM has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar, who was released by India in exchange for the release of a hijacked Indian Airlines flight from Kandahar in 1999, is one of the most wanted terrorists in India, along with LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and the LeT 'operational commander' Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.India has been consistently seeking Azhar's custody but Pakistan has refused to comply.The JeM is listed as a terrorist organisation under the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or the UAPA.The UAPA has been enacted to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of associations and individuals and for dealing with terrorist activities and for matters connected therewith.The act empowers the central government to notify the name of an individual in its Fourth Schedule if it believes that he is involved in terrorism.

Pakistani handler of 2016 Pathankot air base attack designated as terrorist

New Delhi, Apr 11 (PTI) The government on Monday designated as terrorist Pakistani national Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, who was involved in the terror attack on a CRPF bus in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. Forty CRPF personnel were killed in the February 14, 2019 attack. About a fortnight later, India had carried out an air strike on terrorist camps inside Pakistan in response. On Friday, the government had designated Hafiz Talha Saeed, a key leader of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, a terrorist. In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said Alamgir, 39, who used aliases Maktab Ameer, Mujahid Bhai and Muhammad Bhai, has been involved in the attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama. He has been involved in anti-India terror activities on behalf of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and looks after the outfit's fund collection activities from Pakistani nationals and routing the fund to Kashmir. Alamgir has been involved in facilitating infiltration of Afghan cadres and coordinating terror attacks on Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The ministry said taking into account all his activities, Alamgir has been notified as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Alamgir is the 33rd individual who has been declared a terrorist by the government. Born on January 1, 1983 and a resident of Bahawalpur in Pakistan's Punjab, Alamgir is a senior leader of the JeM. The JeM has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years. JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar, who was released by India in exchange for the release of a hijacked Indian Airlines flight from Kandahar in 1999, is one of the most wanted terrorists in India, along with LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and the LeT 'operational commander' Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. India has been consistently seeking Maulana Masood Azhar's custody but Pakistan has refused to comply. The JeM is listed as a terrorist organisation under the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or the UAPA. The UAPA has been enacted to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of associations and individuals and for dealing with terrorist activities and for matters connected therewith. The act empowers the central government to notify the name of an individual in its Fourth Schedule if it believes that he is involved in terrorism.

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New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Hafiz Talha Saeed, a key leader of the dreaded terrorist group LeT and the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, has been declared a terrorist by the government.In a notification, the Union home ministry said that Hafiz Talha Saeed, 46, has been actively involved in recruitment, fund collection, and planning and executing attacks by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in India and Indian interests in Afghanistan.He has also been actively visiting various LeT centres across Pakistan, and during his sermons propagating for jihad against India, Israel, the United States of America and Indian interests in other western countries, it stated.The central government believes that Hafiz Talha Saeed is involved in terrorism and he should be notified as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the notification said.Accordingly, he has been designated as an individual terrorist under the stringent Act.Hafiz Talha Saeed is now the 32nd individual who has been declared a terrorist by the government.He was born on October 25, 1975, and is a resident of Lahore in Pakistan.Hafiz Talha Saeed is a senior leader of the LeT and is the head of the cleric wing of the terrorist organisation.Hafiz Saeed, founder of the LeT, was the brain behind the Mumbai terror attacks of November 26, 2008, in which 166 people were killed.He had been declared a terrorist under the same law a few years ago and is currently serving a jail term in Pakistan on terror charges.India has been consistently seeking Hafiz Saeed's custody but Pakistan has refused to do so. Apart from the 26/11 attacks, the LeT has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.Hafiz Saeed and the LeT 'operational commander' Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi are among the most wanted terrorists in India for their involvement in numerous terrorist acts.The LeT is listed as a terrorist organisation under the First Schedule of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).The UAPA has been enacted to provide for more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of associations and individuals and for dealing with terrorist activities and for matters connected therewith. Section 35 of the UAPA empowers the central government to notify the name of an individual in the Fourth Schedule to the Act, if it believes that he is involved in terrorism.

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A Twitter account of Uttar Pradesh chief minister's office was briefly hacked on Saturday. The state government has said that strict action will be taken against those involved. An attempt was made to hack the official Twitter account @CMOfficeUP of the Chief Minister's Office on April 09 at 12:30 am by anti-social elements, who had posted some tweets which were recovered immediately. (sic), a tweet in Hindi read. Also read: White House says Joe Biden believes India ties one of the most important in world,The UP CMO (@CMOfficeUP) Twitter account has four million followers at present. A post based on a tutorial called ‘How to turn your BAYC/MAYC animated on Twitter’ was posted from the CMO account after being hacked. Also read: Saudi Arabia to allow a million hajj pilgrims in 2022, easing COVID rules,Also, the profile picture on the UP CMO account was replaced by the image of Bored Ape NFT, visuals shared by news agency ANI showed. It is reported that the hackers also allegedly posted a thread of some random tweets on the UP CMO account which were later removed as the account was restored. Also read: RBI keeps lending rates unchanged: What are repo and reverse repo rates?,In December 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was also very briefly hacked and was secured later, after a link promising a bitcoin giveaway was shared on the account. India has officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender. The government has officially bought 500 BTC and is distributing them to all residents of the country, the tweet, which was later deleted, read. Also read: Pakistan court sentences 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed to 31 years in prison,Over 600 social media accounts of the central government were hacked in the last five years, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Responding to a query on the hacking of the government's Twitter handles and e-mail accounts, the minister said since 2017, 641 such accounts have been hacked, news agency PTI reported. In 2017, as many as 175 accounts were hacked, 114 in 2018, 61 in 2019, 77 in 2020, 186 in 2021 and 28 so far this year, Anurag Thakur informed the parliament on Tuesday in a written reply.

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  <li>In December 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter handle was also very briefly hacked</li>
  <li>In 2017, as many as 175 accounts were hacked in India</li>
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New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Hafiz Talha Saeed, the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, has been declared a terrorist by the government.In a notification, the Union home ministry said that Hafiz Talha Saeed, 46, has been actively involved in recruitment, fund collection, and planning and executing attacks by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in India and Indian interests in Afghanistan.He has also been actively visiting various LeT centres across Pakistan, and during his sermons propagating for jihad against India, Israel, the United States of America and Indian interests in other western countries, it stated.“And whereas, the central government believes that Hafiz Talha Saeed is involved in terrorism and he should be notified as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967),” the notification said.Hafiz Saeed was the brain behind the Mumbai terror attacks of November 26, 2008, in which 166 people were killed.He had been declared a terrorist under the same law a few years ago and is currently serving a jail term in Pakistan on terror charges.India has been consistently seeking Hafiz Saeed's custody but Pakistan has refused to do so.Apart from the 26/11 attacks, the LeT has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks in India, mostly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have been killed over the years.

26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed's son declared terrorist

Deeksha Sharma

Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan anti-terrorism court sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed to 31 years in prison, on Friday. According to ANI, the court has penalized Saeed with a fine of Rs 3,40,000 and has ordered officials to seize his properties. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the evil mastermind behind Mumbai's 26/11 terrorist attacks, describes himself as a “professor,” while boasting his two Master’s degrees from Lahore University and a specialization course from Riyadh’s King Saud University. On December 21, 2001, Pakistan took Saeed into custody after the Indian government asserted that he played a major role in the 2001 Lok Sabha attack on December 13. Held in captivity until March 31, 2002, Saeed was released temporarily and was tossed back into custody on May 15. ,Also Read: Pak SC restores Assembly, says PM acted in violation of constitution,Fast forward to August 9, 2006, the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, placed Saeed under house arrest, just a month after the 2006 Mumbai train bombings. Unsurprisingly, the Lashkar-e-Taiba chief was released on a Lahore High Court order after 19 days. ,After several house arrests and notices, the Lahore High Court dismissed all cases against Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and freed him from the shackles on October 12, 2009. Also Read: Who is Gulzar Ahmed?,After the United States declared Lashkar-e-Tayyiba responsible for the terrorist attack in Mumbai, in April 2012, the US set a bounty of $10 million on Saeed. Condemning the move, he said, I am living my life in the open and the US can contact me whenever they want. This is a laughable, absurd announcement. Here I am in front of everyone, not hiding in a cave, he said in a press conference. On November 19, 2020, a court sentenced him to 5 years of incarceration on terrorism-financing charges. In another similar case, Saeed was sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison. While being in jail, Saeed's former Lahore residence in Lahore was bombed on June 23, 2021, which killed three people and wounded several. Fast forward to today, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed bids his freedom goodbye as he prepares himself for a life inside a gloomy prison cell.

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<ul>
  <li>Pakistan anti-terrorism court &nbsp;sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed to 31 years in prison</li>
  <li>Saeed is the mastermind behind the 26/11 attack in Mumbai</li>
  <li>He was sentenced in two cases</li>
</ul>

From professor to prisoner, Hafiz Saeed sentenced to 31 years

Sivapriya Jayaprakash

Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba chief has been sentenced to 31 years in prison by Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court. On July 17, last year, Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist for whom the US has a $10 million bounty, was captured in a terror funding probe. The notorious criminal has been sentenced with respect to two cases. In one case, Saeed was sentenced to 16 and a half years in prison, while in another case, he was sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison. The feared terrorist was also fined Rs 3,40,000 by the anti-terrorism court. In addition, the court has ordered that all his belongings be confiscated. Also read: Two terrorists killed in encounter in J-K's Tral,Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was born on June 5, 1950 in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. He was given the name Hafiz because he memorised the Qur'an as a child when he was already enthralled with the verses on jihad. He went to Government College Sargodha (now University of Sargodha) before going to King Saud University in Riyadh to acquire his Masters in Islamic Studies. Saeed also sat on the Council on Islamic Ideology and afterwards taught Islamic Studies at Pakistan's University of Engineering and Technology. In the early 1980s, he was transferred to Saudi Arabia by his institution for further study, where he was inspired to support the mujahideen in Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. Also read: Muslim neighbours rally behind Kashmiri Pandit family after terror attack in JK's Shopian,Following this incident, Saeed founded groups including as Lashkar-e-Taiba, Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation, Difa-e-Pakistan Council, and Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir. Also read: NIA announces Rs 10 lakh reward each on four wanted terrorists of LeT offshoot TRF,The US offered a $10 million bounty on Saeed in April 2012 for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which murdered 166 civilians. Saeed is on the NIA's Most Wanted list and has been classified as a terrorist by the UN. His organisations, the LeT and the JuD, have been designated as terrorist organisations in India. Lashkar-e-Taiba has also been outlawed by the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Russia, and Australia. The JuD commander, who is 71 years old, is now being detained in a Pakistan jail.

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<ul>
  <li>Lashkar-e-Taiba chief, Hafiz Saeed has been sentenced to jail for 31 years by Pakistan’s anti-terrorism court.</li>
  <li>He is also known for masterminding the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.</li>
  <li>The UN designated terrorist also has a bounty of $10 million bounty on his head.</li>
</ul>

Who is Hafiz Saeed?

Terrorism

Politics

UnitedStates

Lahore,Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced a militant leader linked to the Mumbai terrorist attacks to 31 years in prison on charges of terror financing, his lawyer said. The sentence is the latest for Hafiz Saeed, who was arrested in 2019. He was sentenced the following year to 15 years in a separate case, also on charges of terror financing.Saeed, designated a terrorist by the U.S. Justice Department and with a $10 million bounty on his head, has never been charged in connection with the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. He has been serving the 15-year term at home under a government order. His lawyer, Naseeruddin Nayyar, said Saeed can appeal the latest sentence, Saeed is the founder of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba group, which was blamed for the Mumbai attacks. The group was active for years in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which is split between Pakistan and India but claimed by both. Following his arrest, the Pakistani government seized Saeed’s extensive network of mosques, schools, seminaries and charities and other assets in the country.Relations between Pakistan and India were strained after the attack on India’s financial hub in 2008. The rival South Asian powers have fought three wars since gaining independence from Britain in 1947, two of them over Kashmir.

Pakistan sentences anti-India militant leader to 31 years

Lahore

Yash Bajaj

Islamabad, Pakistan

Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 attack in Mumbai, was sentenced to 31 years in prison by an anti-terror court in Pakistan. The 71-year-old Lashkar-e-Taiba chief has also been fined Rs 340,000. Saeed was sentenced in two cases. In the first, he was sentenced to 16 and a half years in jail. The Jamaat ud Dawa head will serve 15 and a half years in prison in the second one. ,Also read: Pak SC restores Assembly, says PM acted in violation of constitution,As per reports, a mosque and madrassa that Hafiz Saeed allegedly built will be confiscated. ,Hafiz Saeed is a UN- designated terrorist. The United States put a $10 million bounty on his head. In 2020, the 71-year-old was sentenced to over 15 years in jail by an anti-terror court in one of the several terror financing cases against him. ,The terrorist mastermind has been in and out of detention for the past several years, during which he delivered speeched targetting India in his speeches. ,Also read: PCB chief Ramiz Raja reshares 2019 video backing PM Imran Khan | Watch,Hafiz Saeed was arrested by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab in 2019 when he was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to appear before an anti-terrorism court. ,As per the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Saeed has been arrested and released eight times since 2001. Four of his aides were detained in Pakistan in 2017. However, they were released about 11 months later. ,Also read: What is Article 5, Pakistan law that saved Imran Khan from no-trust vote?,In November last year, six leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) were acquitted by a Pakistan courtin a terror-financing case. ,This was months after they - Malik Zafar Iqbal, Yahya Mujahid (JuD spokesperson), Nasarullah, Samiullah, and Umar Bahadur - were handed a nine-year imprisonment term by a Lahore court.

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<ul>
  <li>Hafiz Saeed is the mastermind behind the 26/11 attack in Mumbai</li>
  <li>He was fined Rs 340,000 by a Pakistan anti-terror court</li>
  <li>Saeed was sentenced in two cases</li>
</ul>

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