<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The government has declared Khalistan Tiger Force, and Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force as terrorist organizations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, UAPA. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Union Home Ministry said, Khalistan Tiger Force is a militant outfit it aims at reviving terrorism in Punjab. The organisation is promoting various acts of terrorism, including targeted killings in Punjab.  Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force has been found involved in infiltration bids, narcotics and weapon smuggling and carrying out terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. It draws its cadres from various terrorist organisations, such as Lashker-E-Taiba, Jaish-E-Mohammed, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen and Harkat-ul-Jehad-E-Islami.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Home Ministry has also declared Harwinder Singh Sandhu@Rinda as a terrorist today. He has been associated with the terrorist organization Babbar Khalsa International and is presently based in Lahore, Pakistan. He has been found involved in various terrorist activities, particularly in Punjab.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10pt;">Central Government amended the UAPA in August 2019 to include the provision of designating an individual as a terrorist. The government had so far designated 53 individuals as terrorists and 44 organizations as terrorist organizations.</span></p>