The central government is considering banning both the factions of the All Party Hurriyat Conference under the stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), reports Indian Express.
If this ban is enforced on Hurriyat which supports Pakistan and the Taliban, it would allow the security agencies to arrest any office bearer for being associated with either of the two factions of Hurriyat, the hardline one, as well as the moderate one which is led by Ashraf Sehrai and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, respectively.
But more importantly, the ban would allow the agencies to block the flow of funds to the two factions which allows them to run with their agendas.
The call to ban the Hurriyat Conference has been taking traction for a while, but now there is evidence and intelligence provided by the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police and central agencies like the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to make such a decision.
However, the Government is still to take the final call as such decisions can only be taken and approved at the highest level following the arrest of six individuals involved in a Pakistani MBBS seat racket.
The MBBS seats as the probe discovered by the J&K Police found that it was allocated to Hurriyat leaders which were sold, and the money was used to finance terror and secessionist activities.
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