India designates Jaish-e-Mohammad's Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir as terrorist for Pulwama

The government on Monday designated Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) member Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir, suspected to be a key conspirator of the 2019 terrorist attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy at Pulwama, as a "terrorist" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Forty CRPF personnel were killed in the attack allegedly coordinated by Pakistan-based JeM in Kashmir. The home ministry said in a notification that Alamgir alias Mujahid Bhai is a senior member of the banned terrorist group and is a resident of Bahawalpur in Pakistan.

"Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir has been involved in Pulwama Central Reserve Police Force convoy attack of 2019...is involved in anti-India terror activities on behalf of Jaish-e-Mohammad," said the notification.


It said Alamgir looks after JeM's fund collection activities from Pakistani nationals and routes the funds to Kashmir in India. "Alamgir has been involved in facilitating infiltration of Afghan cadres and coordinating terror attacks on Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir...the central government believes that Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir is involved in terrorism and should be notified as a terrorist under the said Act," said the notification.

The 1967 Act, amended in 2019, empowered the Centre to designate individuals as terrorists.