While the protests appear to be spearheaded by students, reports indicate that organised violence, particularly targeting minority Hindus, is being planned by established terrorist groups.

Jutt, affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba and born in 1982 in Kasur, Pakistan, is alleged to have masterminded this and several other attacks on Army vehicles in the Poonch district over the past year.

Investigators have pointed to the involvement of two Pakistan-based LeT commanders, Saifullah alias Sajid Jutt and Abu Qatal alias Qatal Sindhi in the attack.

Tamba was attacked by motorcycle-borne assailants in the Islampura area of Lahore in Pakistan and was rushed in critical condition to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the sources said.

Announcing the government's decision, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said LeT operative Gujjar has caused numerous deaths and injuries with terror attacks and is involved in planning a war against India.

NIA conducted raids across seven states regarding the radicalisation of prisoners by a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist in Karnataka, involving eight individuals, including T Naseer, suspected of planning a fidayeen attack and recruiting others while in prison.