Continuing their war against terrorism, the Jammu and Kashmir police have confiscated property worth lakhs under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
In a statement, a spokesperson said that the property is located in Monghama Pulwama which has been used by terrorists for their shelter and stay in addition to all other logistic support provided by the house owner to the terrorism and also having links to terrorist activities.
The statement reads that the property is now under official seizure, prohibiting any transfer, lease, disposal, or alteration without prior permission from the designated authority.
“This seizure is pursuant to FIR No. 315/2023 U/S 16, 18, 19 20, 38 and 39 UA(P) Act of police station Pulwama,” it reads.
The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is an Indian law aimed at prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India. The most recent amendment of the law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019 (UAPA 2019) has made it possible for the Union Government to designate individuals as terrorists without following any formal judicial process. UAPA is also known as the “Anti-terror law”.
The National Integration Council appointed a Committee on National Integration and Regionalisation to look into the aspect of putting reasonable restrictions in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India. The agenda of the NIC limited itself to communalism, casteism and regionalism and not terrorism. Pursuant to the acceptance of recommendations of the committee, the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963 was enacted to impose, by law, reasonable restrictions in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India. In 2019, the BJP led NDA government claimed that in order to implement the provisions of 1963 Act, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Bill was introduced in the Parliament.
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