Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar alias Latram who was involved in a series of attacks in Jammu Kashmir and was one of the released militants in the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999, has been designated as a terrorist by the Union government.
He is the fourth individual to have been designated as a terrorist by the Centre in the last one week.
In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said, Zargar alias Latram, 52, belongs to Nowhatta in Srinagar and is the founder and chief commander of terror group Al-Umar-Mujahideen and had been affiliated with Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front.
Zargar is currently based in Pakistan.
He had gone to Pakistan to obtain illegal arms training and was one of the militants released in exchange for the hostages during the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814.
The home ministry said Zargar has been running an incessant campaign from Pakistan to fuel terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
He has been involved in various terror crimes including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, planning and execution of Militant attacks and militancy funding, it noted.
The home ministry said Zargar is a threat to peace, not only to India but across the world, with his contacts and proximity to radical terrorist groups like the Al-Qaeda and Jaish-e-Mohammed and the central government believes that Zargar alias Latram is involved in militancy and he is to be notified as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. PTI