US backs India’s Move To Declare Azhar, 3 Others As Terrorists Under UAPA
Mumbai: The day after the government declared Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, and two other India’s most-wanted men as individual terrorists the United States on Thursday backed India’s move said that the new anti-terror law has expanded possibilities of cooperation between the two countries in fighting terrorism.
“We stand w/ #India and commend it for utilizing new legal authorities to designate 4 notorious terrorists: Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi & Dawood Ibrahim. This new law expands possibilities for joint #USIndia efforts to combat the scourge of terrorism,” tweeted Alice Wells, United States’ Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs.
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Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Zakir-ur-Rehman Lakhvi are two others who were declared as individual terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2019.
The law was passed by Parliament last month and allows the Center and states to designate individuals as terrorists and seize their property. Under the earlier law, only organizations could be declared as terrorist organizations and not individuals.
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