Ministry of Home Affairs designated Sheikh Sajad, one of the commanders of the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, as terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the ministry said.

Sajad has been actively radicalizing, motivating and recruiting youth of Jammu and Kashmir to support Lashkar-e-Taiba and has been involved in terror funding. He is also absconding in a case pertaining to recovery of Arms and Ammunition in Jammu and Kashmir: MHA

Sajad was found involved in hatching criminal conspiracy in connivance with terrorists of the LeT in eliminating prominent journalist along with his two personal security officers on June 14, 2018 at the busy Press Enclave area of Srinagar: MHA