Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Sallahuddin, IM's Bhatkal Brothers Designated 'Terrorists' Under UAPA
News 18Chief of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Sallahudin and founders of Indian Mujahideen outfit Bhatkal brothers are among the 18 people who have been designated as ”terrorists” under the anti-terror law, an official spokesperson said here on Tuesday. The hijackers of an Indian Airlines plane in 1999 — Abdul Rauf Asghar, Ibrahim Athar and Yusuf Azhar — have also been named in the list, prepared under provisions of the amended Unlawful Activities Act. Among those named in the list of terrorists were Sajid Mir, Pakistan based top Lashker-e-Taiba commander who was one of the main planners of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack; Yusuf Muzammil, an LeT commander and accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack; Abdur Rehman Makki, brother-in-law of Lashker chief Hafiz Saeed, who heads political affairs and has served in the outfit’s foreign relations department. The list names Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri alias Riyaz Bhatkal and his brother Mohammed Iqbal alias Iqbal Bhatkal, who formed Indian Mujahideen and were involved in various terrorist acts including attacks on German Bakery, Chinnaswami Stadium, Bangalore, Jama Masjid, Sheetlaghat and Mumbai. Pakistan-based deputy chief of proscribed organization Falah-i-lnsaniyat Foundation — a frontal organisation of terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba — Shahid Mehmood alias Shahid Mehmood Rehmatullah, was also declared a terrorist.