The Centre on Friday banned the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF), which has been formed with cadres from terrorist organisations such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), under the guidance of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, today declared one more individual Harwinder Singh Sandhu alias Rinda as terrorist & 2 organizations — Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) & Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF)– as terrorist organisation.
Jammu & Kashmir Ghaznavi Force has been found involved in infiltration bids, narcotics&weapon smuggling&carrying out terror attacks in J&K. It draws its cadres from various terrorist orgs, like Lashker-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, & Harkat-ul—Jehad-E-Islami.
Sandhu has been associated with Babbar Khalsa International & is presently based in Lahore, Pakistan under patronage of cross-border agencies & has been found involved in various terrorist activities, particularly in Punjab. Now 54 designated terrorists in IVth Schedule of UAPA.
Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) is a militant outfit and it aims to revive terrorism in Punjab and challenges the territorial integrity, unity, national security and sovereignty of India and promotes various acts of terrorism, including targeted killings in Punjab.
