The Union government on Saturday designated 23 persons allegedly linked to Pakistan-based terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jamaat-ud-Dawa and The Resistance Front as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

The persons are accused of being involved in recruiting and training militants, facilitating infiltrations, providing logistical support, financing, weapons supply, drone-based delivery of weapons and planning or coordinating terror attacks in India, the Union home ministry stated.

The list includes 17 Pakistani citizens and 6 Indians, Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s office said. However, they are all believed to be currently residing in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The persons included in the terror list are Jaish-e-Mohammed’s Abdullah Jehadi, Ashfaq Ahmad, Ghulam Fareed, Hafiz Abdul Shakoor, Masood Ilyas Kashmiri, Maulana Imdad Ullah Makki, Mohammad Mussadiq, Mufti Muhammad Asghar Khan and Waseem Noor Jat.

Others included to the list are Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Abdul Rauf, Abid Quyoom Lone, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Firdous Ahmad Bhat, Hafiz Khalid Waleed, Haroon Rashid Ganai, Maulana Saifullah Khalid, Mohammad Yaqoob, Molana Yousaf Taibi, Nazir Ahmed Gujjar, Owais Farooz, Qari Yaqub Sheikh and Rana Iftikhar.

Some of them also belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba’s affiliate groups The Resistance Front and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa.

Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Mohammed Shaheed Faisal, who is also linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, was also added to the list, the home ministry said.

Among those designated as terrorists are persons accused of playing a role in the November 2016 attack on the Indian Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota and the April 2022 attack on security forces in the Union Territory’s Sunjwan.

Written by Nachiket Deuskar. Edited by Sara Varghese.