NEW DELHI: The central government may soon ban Hurriyat Conference as an “unlawful organisation’ under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), citing the alleged involvement of its constituents and leaders in terror financing in Jammu & Kashmir as a primary ground.
Sources in the security agencies told TOI that the home ministry would take a final call in the coming days on outlawing all factions of the Hurriyat Conference — including the moderate Hurriyat and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, once led by late hardline leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani — under Section 3(1) of UAPA. While the J&K administration and NIA had earlier submitted inputs and data to the Centre to build a case for listing Hurriyat as an ‘unlawful organisation’, a source said the home ministry had sought additional inputs and data.
Sources said the clarifications and additional inputs had now been submitted and a decision to ban the Hurriyat Conference, including all factions and fronts, was expected soon.
With many terror cases slapped against the Hurriyat leadership in recent years, the Hurriyat Conference’s presence and activities in the Kashmir valley have seen a massive dip. “With the UAPA ban, the terror funding routes purportedly employed by the Hurriyat Conference can be plugged,” said an officer.
“Hurriyat and all its factions will have to dismantle their offices and infrastructure once the ban is imposed,” the officer added.
Sources in the security agencies told TOI that the home ministry would take a final call in the coming days on outlawing all factions of the Hurriyat Conference — including the moderate Hurriyat and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, once led by late hardline leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani — under Section 3(1) of UAPA. While the J&K administration and NIA had earlier submitted inputs and data to the Centre to build a case for listing Hurriyat as an ‘unlawful organisation’, a source said the home ministry had sought additional inputs and data.
Sources said the clarifications and additional inputs had now been submitted and a decision to ban the Hurriyat Conference, including all factions and fronts, was expected soon.
With many terror cases slapped against the Hurriyat leadership in recent years, the Hurriyat Conference’s presence and activities in the Kashmir valley have seen a massive dip. “With the UAPA ban, the terror funding routes purportedly employed by the Hurriyat Conference can be plugged,” said an officer.
“Hurriyat and all its factions will have to dismantle their offices and infrastructure once the ban is imposed,” the officer added.
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