New Delhi: The Centre on Friday banned Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) for its alleged role in promoting secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir and a series of violent acts, asserting its policy of “zero tolerance” against terrorism.
The front was banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act after a meeting on security was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba said the action was taken while following the “zero tolerance” policy of the Central government against terrorism.
“Murders of Kashmiri Pandits by the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front in 1989 triggered their exodus from the Valley. Malik was the mastermind behind the purging of Kashmiri Pandits and is responsible for their genocide,” said Mr Gauba.
“The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front has ma-ny serious cases registered against it. This orga-nisation is responsible for murder of four Indian Air Force personnel and kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of the then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in the V.P. Singh government,” he said.
