Indian Govt Declares Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar As Terrorist Under UAPA
The Indian Government declared militant Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar alias 'Mushtaq Latram' as a "terrorist" under the UAPA. Zargar broke JKLF in the 1990s, and formed his own Al-Umar Mujahideen terror group. He was one of the terrorists released in exchange for passengers of hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 in 1999. With this, Mushtaq is the fourth individual, designated as a terrorist by the Centre in one week.