GOVERNMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:52 ANSWERED ON:20.02.2001 TERRORIST ACTIVITIES RAMJI LAL SUMAN;SUSHIL KUMAR INDORA

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether violent activities are being carried out by the terrorists in various areas of the countries for the last many years; and

(b) if so, the names of these areas and the name by which these terrorist organisations are called in different areas of the country? Answer

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO)

(a)&(b): The major concerns in this regard centre around sponsored in Jammu and Kashmir and inter-linked and externally supported subversive activities of militant groups in some States of North-East. There are also reports that some militant groups are under pressure to revive militancy in . The following major terrorist outfits are operating in the country:-

1. Hizb-ul-Mujahideen

2. Harkat-ul-Mujahideen

3. Lashkar-e-Toiba

4. Al-Barq

5. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front

6. Al-Jehad

7. Jamat-ul-Majahideen

8. Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen

9. Tehrik-e-Jihad

10. Al-Badar 11. Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami

12. Al-Umar

13. Babbar Interational

14. Dal Khalsa International(DKI)

15. International Sikh Youth Federation

(SYF-Rode and Damdami Taksal Factions)

16. (KCF)

17. Kamagata Maru Dal International

18. Khalistan Zidabad Force

19. United Liberation Front of Assam

20. National Democratic Front of Bodoland

21. National Liberation Front of Tripura

22. All Tripura Tiger Force

23. National Socialist Council of Nagaland

(I/M&K)

24. Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

25. United National Liberation Front(UNLF)

26. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE)