Syed Salahuddin

Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah
Born (1946-02-18) 18 February 1946 (age 78)
Soibugh, Kashmir and Jammu, British Indian Empire
(now in Jammu and Kashmir, India)
Alma materUniversity of Kashmir
SpouseNafisa
Children7

Mohammad Yusuf Shah (born 18 February or December 1946), commonly known as Syed Salahuddin, is the head of Hizbul Mujahideen, a terrorist organization operating in Kashmir. He also heads the United Jihad Council, a Pakistan-based conglomeration of jihadist militant groups sponsored by the ISI,[1][2] with the goal of merging Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan.[3][4][5][6]

Salahuddin vowed to block any peaceful resolution to the Kashmir conflict, threatened to train more Kashmiri suicide bombers, and vowed to turn the Kashmir valley "into a graveyard for Indian forces."[7][8] He is listed on the Most Wanted List of India's National Investigation Agency.[9] He is named as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Department Of State.[10][11] Salahuddin dismissed the listing as "a joint move by the US, Israel, and India to express their animosity towards Pakistan."[12][13][14] Pakistan also dismissed sanction against him.[15] In May 2020, Indian media called an attack on him a warning by Pakistani intelligence.[16]

In August 2020 India's Enforcement Directorate filed a charge-sheet.[17] A court in New Delhi issued a summons in 2021 in relation to a terror funding case.[18] In 2022, India's NIA court ordered charges to be framed against him and others.[19]

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  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ "Attack on Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in Pak rattles terrorists in J&K". DNA India. 30 May 2020. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  17. ^ "ED files charge sheet against HM chief Syed Salahuddin and others for terror funding". Deccan Herald. PTI. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Terror funding: Court issues summons against HM chief Syed Salahuddin, others". Greater Kashmir. Press Trust of India. 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  19. ^ "NIA court orders framing of charges against Yasin Malik, Pakistani terrorists Hafiz Saeed, Syed Salahuddin". Financial Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.