LeT's Sajjad Gul, Behind Killing Of Journalist Shujaat Bukhari, Designated As Terrorist: MHA

The ministry said that Sajad has been actively involved in recruiting and radicalizing the youth of Jammu and Kashmir as radicals and supporters of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

A man holds an assault rifle at Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir (Representational image/getty)

New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday declared Sheikh Sajad, one of the commanders of the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) 1967, said Union Home Ministry.

“Sajad has been actively radicalising, motivating and recruiting the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to support the Lashkar-e-Taiba, and has been involved in terror funding. He is also absconding in a case pertaining to recovery of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir,” the ministry of home affairs (MHA) said in a statement, according to news agency ANI.

Ministry of Home Affairs designated Sheikh Sajad, one of the commanders of the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, as terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the ministry said.

— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2022

Sajad was found to be involved in a conspiracy with Lashkar terrorists to kill an eminent journalist along with two of his personal security officers in the Press Enclave area of ​​Srinagar on 14 June 2018.

The ministry said that Sajad has been actively involved in recruiting and radicalizing the youth of Jammu and Kashmir as radicals and supporters of Lashkar-e-Taiba. He is also absconding in a case related to the recovery of arms and ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Home Ministry said that Sajjad was found to be involved in a conspiracy with Lashkar terrorists to kill an eminent journalist along with two of his personal security officers in the busy Press Enclave area of ​​Srinagar on June 14, 2018.

Sajad was found involved in hatching criminal conspiracy in connivance with terrorists of the LeT in eliminating prominent journalist along with his two personal security officers on June 14, 2018 at the busy Press Enclave area of Srinagar: MHA

— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2022

On Monday, Jaish-e-Mohammad member Ashiq Ahmed Nengroo was declared a designated terrorist by the Centre for his role in various terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, as reported by the news agency ANI.