Srinagar: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday declared Kashmir militant group, The Resistance Front (TRF), which the Jammu and Kashmir Police say is an offshoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a “terrorist” organization.
“TRF is recruiting youth through the online medium for the furtherance of terrorist activities and it has been involved in carrying out propaganda on terror activities,” MHA said in an order.
“TRF recruits terrorists, and helps infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir,” the order reads.
“TRF is involved in psychological operations on social media platforms for inciting people of Jammu and Kashmir to join terrorist outfits against Indian State and Sheikh Sajjad Gul is a Commander of The TRF and has been designated as a terrorist under the fourth schedule of the said Act,” it said.
“TRF is detrimental to the national security and sovereignty of India as a large number of cases have been registered against the members and associates of this outfit.” It reads.
It added the central government believes that the outfit is involved in terrorism and has committed and participated in various acts of terrorism in India.
The TRF militia was born in 2019 after the government of India led by the BJP scrapped the autonomous status of J&K and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories.
(KNO)
