MHA designates Al-Umar Mujahideen chief Mushtaq Zargar as terrorist

The ministry designated Zargar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Zargar along with JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar and Omar Sheikh of Harkat-ul-Ansar – was released in Kandahar of Afghanistan, in exchange for over 150 hostages of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999. Presently he lives in Pakistan. Zargar's designation as a terrorist comes amid reports that he was fomenting terrorism in Kashmir from across the border.

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar, the founder and chief commander of Al-Umar Mujahideen as a terrorist.

The ministry designated Zargar under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. In 1999, Zargar along with JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar and Omar Sheikh of Harkat-ul-Ansar – were released in Kandahar of Afghanistan, in exchange for over 150 hostages of the Indian Airlines Flight IC - 814. Presently he lives in Pakistan.

Zargar's designation as a terrorist comes amid reports that he was fomenting terrorism in Kashmir from across the border.