Union Home Ministry has banned the Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for promoting terrorism and radicalising and recruiting youth for terrorist activities in India.
It was set up in the 1990s, and claims to be fighting for the “liberation of Kashmir.”
About UAPA Act
This law is aimed at effective prevention of unlawful activities associations in India.
Its main objective is to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sovereignty of India.
The Act makes it a crime to support any secessionist movement or to support claims by a foreign power to what India claims as its territory.
The UAPA, framed in 1967, has been amended twice since: first in 2008 and then in 2012.