- UAPA 2019 in News: Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), his deputy Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim who planned and executed the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts are the first four persons designated as “terrorists” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019.
- Targeting individual ierrorists: UAPA 2019 empowers the government to designate individuals as terrorists. Previously, only an organisation could be designated as one.
- Faster seizure of property: UAPA 2019 empowers the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to seize properties, which previously required permission from the Director General of Police.
- Increases investigative resource personnel: UAPA 2019 allows NIA officers, of the rank of inspector or above, to investigate cases. Before, only Deputy Superintendent or Assistant Commissioner of Police or above, could do so.
- Concerns over UAPA 2019: Opposition parties have raised concern over the law, saying it could also be used against political opponents and civil society activists who spoke against the government may be branded as “terrorists.”
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