Fifteen organisations declared unlawful associations under UAPA: MHA to Rajya Sabha

A total of 15 organisations have been declared unlawful associations under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act to date the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA told the Rajya SabhaAll these organisations were declared as unlawful associations under Section 3 of the UAPA 1967 between 2019 and 2023 Union Minister of State for Home Nityanad Rai responded in written reply to a queryEight of the 15 were declared as unlawful associations in 2019 one each in 2020 2021 and 2022 and four this year till date the Minister saidStudents Islamic Movement of IndiaSIMI United Liberation Front of Assam ULFA National Democratic Front of Bodoland NDFB Meitei Extremist Organizations namely Peoples Liberation Army PLA and its political wing the Revolutionary Peoples Front RPF United National Liberation Front UNLF and its armed wing the Manipur Peoples Army MPA Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak PREPAK and its Armed wing the Red Army Kangleipak Communist Party KCP and its armed wing also called the Red Army Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup KYKL Coordination Committee CorCom and Alliance for Socialist Unity Kangleipak ASUK All Tripura Tiger Force ATTF National Liberation Front of Tripura NLFT Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council HNLC Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE National Socialist Council of Nagaland Khaplang NSCN K Islamic Research Foundation IRF JamaateIslami JeI Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Mohd Yasin Malik faction Sikhs for Justice SFJ Popular Front of India PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts including Rehab India Foundation RIF Campus Front of India CFI All India Imams Council AIIC NationalConfederation of Human Rights Organisation NCHRO National Womens Front Junior Front Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation Kerala and Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party JKDFPThe Minister further said that concerted and coordinated actions under the provisions of the UAPA Act 1967 by all the stakeholders have positively impacted containing terrorismrelated crime to a large extent in the countryThe Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 UAPA provides for the more effective prevention of certain unlawful activities of individuals and associations and for dealing with terrorist activities The act interalia criminalizes unlawful activities membership of unlawful associations as well as dealing with funds of such associations terrorist act raising funds for terrorist acts or terrorist organizations organizing terrorists camps holding proceeds of terrorism membership or support to a terrorist organization and provides for forfeiture of proceeds of terrorism or any property intended to be used for terrorism and for dealing with acts threatening economic security of the countryAmong the salient features of the amendment in 2019 in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act 1967 is to designate individual terrorists under the Indian legal system and meets international obligations The Central government has now been empowered to designate individual terroristsIn cases investigated by the National Investigation Agency NIA the Director General of the NIA has been empowered to grant approval for seizure and attachment of the property representing proceeds of terrorism to quicken the investigation and contain the chances of manipulation of such properties by the accused personsFurther inspectors of the NIA have been empowered to investigate offences under chapters IV and VI of the ActThe International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism 2005 has been included in Schedule II of the Act to meet international obligationsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever