India’s Major Anti-Terror Crackdown: MHA Designates 23 Pakistan-Based Operatives Under UAPA
India’s Major Anti-Terror Crackdown: MHA Designates 23 Pakistan-Based Operatives Under UAPA In a decisive move targeting cross-border terror networks, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has officially designated 23 Pakistan-based operatives as individual terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). This coordinated legal action, issued through a series of gazette notifications, aims directly at the command-and-control structures fueling militancy in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). With these latest additions, the total number of individuals designated as terrorists under the UAPA has risen from 57 to 80 . Shifting the Target from Groups to Individuals For decades, anti-terror laws primarily focused on banning entire organizations. However, terrorist handlers frequently bypassed these bans simply by changing group names or creating proxy fronts. That changed with the crucial 2019 amendment to the UAPA , which empowered the Central Government to design...