Crackdown on PFI intensifies; NIA, ATS nab members from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat

Members who were arrested include district presidents, secretaries, and treasures among several other members

September 27, 2022

NIA crackdown on PFI continues

After a massive crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) last week, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has further intensified its probe and has arrested several members from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat for further questioning.

Those who were arrested include district presidents, secretaries, and treasures among several other members.

Earlier, today morning the NIA conducted raids in over eight states and at multiple locations linked to the PFI members.

As many as 27 members of PFI have so far been arrested in Maharashtra during the NIA raids on Tuesday while Madhya Pradesh ATS on Tuesday detained 21 members from eight districts of the state over links with PFI. Notably, last Thursday, the ATS conducted raids in Indore and Ujjain during which four PFI members were arrested.

15 members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) from across the state of Gujarat have been detained for further questioning. SDPI is the political wing of the PFI. Persons associated with SDPI are suspected to have been funding PFI, and the ATS claimed to have recovered some documents related to the same.

Sources said that raids were conducted in Aurangabad, Jalana, and Parbhani districts of Maharashtra; Simoga, Bidar, Ballari, Hubli, Kalburgi districts of Karnataka; Nagarbera of Assam; Bulandshahr’s Kasba Syana, Sarurpur and Lisari Gate area of Meerut in Western Uttar Pradesh; and at several places in Delhi. An official said that raids were carried out in the wee hours in eight districts, including three big cities – Bhopal, Indore, and Ujjain.

Earlier in the week, more than 106 members of PFI were arrested by the NIA and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Lookout Circulars were also issued against two of the PFI members on Monday.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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