Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 6 (ANI): As many as two terrorists affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) were killed in an encounter that broke out in the Poshkreeri area of Anantnag, said the officials on Tuesday.

Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Friday termed the Kulgam encounter an "important one" as the terrorists involved in the killing of school teacher Rajni Bala was neutralised in the operation.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): Three terrorists affiliated with the terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), including one involved in the killing of a teacher last month, neutralised in twin anti-terrorist operations in Kulgam and Anantnag districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, said police.

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 17 (ANI): Two terrorists of the proscribed terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) were killed during the encounter with security forces in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, said police.

Kulgam (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 11 (ANI): One terrorist of the proscribed terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) was killed during the encounter with security forces, police said on Saturday.

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 4 (ANI): A commander of proscribed terror outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) was killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district, the Jammu and Kashmir police said on Saturday.

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 6 (ANI): Longest surviving Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) commander Ashraf Molvi was killed along with two other terrorists at Srichand Top (forest area) in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, said police on Friday.

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 6 (ANI): An active terrorist of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen has been arrested along with arms and ammunition in the Kokernag area of Anantnag district, said the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday.

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 3 (ANI): The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet against three Pakistan based Hizb-Ul-Mujahideen terrorists in the NIA special court in Jammu, said Jammu and Kashmir police.

New Delhi Oct 25 PTI A Delhi court Monday awarded 12-year-jail terms to two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen HM terrorists and 10-year-terms to two other members of the outfit for conspiring to commit terror activities and arranging funds for those acts saying they had hatched a conspiracy to strike at the core of this nationObserving that the terror funding has to be kept in the same category as that of actual terror acts if not in a higher category Special Judge Parveen Singh awarded 12-year jail terms to Mohd Shafi Shah and Muzzafar Ahmad Dar and 10-year-jail terms to Talib Lali and Mushtaq Ahmad LoneThe court also imposed a fine of Rs 50000 Rs 65000 Rs 55000 and Rs 45000 on Shah Dar Lali and Lone respectively While punishing Shah who was the divisional commander of HM the court said the crime for which the convict has been found guilty is an act of treason and there can be no greater crime which affects the social order than this crime All the four accused had pleaded guilty to all the charges levelled against them on September 27 and following that were convicted on October 4While Shah and Lali were residents of Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir Dar and Lone hailed from Budgam and Anantnag districts respectivelyThe case was lodged by the NIA with allegations that HM had been regularly receiving funds originating from neighbouring countries for carrying out terrorist activities in India and that in the garb of an organization Jammu Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust JKART the HM was actively involved in furthering the terrorist activities All the four were convicted for the offences under sections 17 raising funds for the terrorist act 18 conspiracy to commit terrorist act 20 being a member of terrorist gang or organisation 40 offence related to raising funds for a terrorist organisation and 38 offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act UAPAThey were also convicted for sections 120 criminal conspiracy and 121 waging war against the Government of India of the Indian Penal CodeThe judge rejected the arguments made by the convicts that there was no case against them where they had actively participated in any terror activities which resulted in the loss of life and property and therefore a lenient view be takenOn the face of it this argument seems very powerful However I find that the hand which provides the gun or the motivation to take up the gun is equally liable as the hand which ultimately fires that gun the judge heldHe held that the convicts in this case may not have been charged and convicted for any direct terror act leading to loss of life or property however the proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir which has been raging for decades has resulted in the loss of numerous lives and destruction of State propertyThe court said the convicts who have primarily been convicted for terror financing had provided funds for the activities of HM and those funds were used for the destruction of property and taking human lives Thus merely because in the present case the convicts were not directly responsible for loss of life and property it cannot be accepted that they were not responsible for loss of life and destruction of property because of the terrorist activities of HM the judge saidHe added that on the contrary he found that the funding network run by the convicts on the instructions of their handlers sitting in Pakistan had a greater responsibility for the terror acts committed by HM as in absence of such funding which financed the cadres of HM and provided logistic support it would not have been possible to commit those terror activities Thus I find that the terror funding has to be kept in the same category as that of actual terror acts if not in a higher category Thus the crimes for which the convicts have been convicted are very serious as they had hatched a conspiracy to strike at the core of this nation and actions were taken to execute that conspiracy the judge saidShah accepted that he was the divisional commander of HM He was in custody since the year 2011Dar was in custody since the year 2009 and Lali had spent more than eight years in jail Lone who was an overground worker and was transferring funds on the directions of his handlers superiors was arrested in 2011PTI UK RKS RKS RKS