PFI Ban: How 2 State Police Probes Helped NIA Cast a Wider Net for Popular Front
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI Ban: How 2 State Police Probes Helped NIA Cast a Wider Net for Popular Front

The Quint  

Nettaru was a BJP Yuva Morcha worker who was killed in July 2022, leading to protests from Hindutva organisations. "One crucial fact we discovered was that in the Praveen Nettaru case, a plan to murder him was hatched with the help of PFI workers over a period of two days. To help the operation, PFI had pooled in financial resources from their bases in five districts in the state, the NIA source alleged. Meaning, the murder of Nettaru allowed the NIA to look at PFI's mobilisation process. However, a case in Nizamabad that the Telangana police started probing in July 2022, is what gave cause for quicker action against the PFI.

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Arrest of key accused in Nettaru murder case reinstates Union govt.’s zero tolerance towards anti-nationals, says Capt. Chowta
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Arrest of key accused in Nettaru murder case reinstates Union govt.’s zero tolerance towards anti-nationals, says Capt. Chowta

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency arresting Kodaje Mohammed Sherif, a key accused in the 2022 murder case of BJP worker Praveen Nettaru in Delhi on Friday, reinstates the BJP led Union government’s zero tolerance policy towards anti-nationals, Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Captain Brijesh Chowta said on Saturday. As per NIA investigations, Kodaje Mohammed Sherif was the PFI State Executive committee …

NIA arrests another absconding accused in Praveen Nettaru murder case
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3 weeks ago

NIA arrests another absconding accused in Praveen Nettaru murder case

The Hindu  

The National Investigation Agency arrested a key accused in the 2022 murder case of Bharatiya Janata Party worker Praveen Nettaru, in New Delhi on Friday. A BJP Yuva Morcha activist, Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death in Bellare village, Dakshina Kannada on July 26, 2022, allegedly by PFI activists. In a statement on Friday, the NIA claimed that Kodaje Mohammed …

NIA arrests key PFI absconder in BJP activist Praveen Nettaru murder case on arrival from Bahrain
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

NIA arrests key PFI absconder in BJP activist Praveen Nettaru murder case on arrival from Bahrain

India TV News  

The National Investigation Agency on Friday arrested an absconding state executive member of the banned Popular Front of India in connection with Bharatiya Janata Party's leader Praveen Nettaru’s murder case. BJP Yuva Morcha member Praveen Nettaru was murdered by PFI cadres and members on July 26, 2022, in Bellare village of Sullia Taluk in Dakshina Kannada District in Karnataka. As …

The southern comfort no longer there
1 year, 2 months ago

The southern comfort no longer there

New Indian Express  

The South was relatively unaffected. The alleged kingpin, N P Noohu alias Mankavu Rasheed, was finally arrested twenty years later in Kozhikode in Kerala. The National Investigation Agency searched 31 alleged training centres a couple of months ago across Tamil Nadu and Telangana. According to them, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria was attempting to extend its reach across …

NIA Conducts Raids in 6 States Against Banned PFI
1 year, 2 months ago

NIA Conducts Raids in 6 States Against Banned PFI

News 18  

The NIA on Wednesday carried out searches at 20 locations across six states against the banned Popular Front of India in connection with a case related to creating disturbance during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bihar last year, officials said. The Patna Police had raided the premise of one Athar Parvez in the Phulwarisharif area on July 11 last …

NIA raids underway in multiple states in crackdown on banned PFI outfit
1 year, 3 months ago

NIA raids underway in multiple states in crackdown on banned PFI outfit

Firstpost  

A team of NIA officials has reached Abdul Wahid Sheikh’s residence in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area. The National Investigation Agency is conducting raids at the premises of the banned organization Popular Front of India in Delhi, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, among other states. In addition to this, the NIA along with the local police started conducting raids at Old Delhi’s Ballimaran …

NIA carries out raids in five states in PFI conspiracy case; seizes incriminating materials
1 year, 4 months ago

NIA carries out raids in five states in PFI conspiracy case; seizes incriminating materials

India TV News  

NIA raids: The National Investigation Agency on Sunday conducted a series of raids and searches across five states as part of its continued efforts to foil the Popular Front of India conspiracy to disturb the peace by driving a communal wedge among the people to destabilise the country, an official said. As per NIA investigations, PFI has been conspiring to …

WATCH: NIA raids 25 places across Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar in Phulwarisharif PFI case
1 year, 7 months ago

WATCH: NIA raids 25 places across Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar in Phulwarisharif PFI case

Firstpost  

NIA raids were conducted at the premises of suspects linked to the conspiracy which pertains to involvement of PFI and its leaders, cadres in violent and unlawful activities Extensive raids were carried out at about 25 locations in Karnataka, Kerala and Bihar on Wednesday morning in connection with the Popular Front of India Phulwarisharif case. The National Investigation Agency raids …

NIA raids 25 places in Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar in Phulwarisharif PFI case
1 year, 7 months ago

NIA raids 25 places in Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar in Phulwarisharif PFI case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: National Investigation Agency on Wednesday conducted raids at about 25 locations in Karnataka, Kerala and Bihar in the Popular Front of India Phulwarisharif case. Earlier, six persons were arrested and several incriminating articles and documents related to PFI were seized in the instant case which was initially registered on July 12 last year at Phulwarisharif police station in …

Phulwarisharif case: NIA raids 25 locations in Karnataka, Kerala and Bihar against PFI
1 year, 7 months ago

Phulwarisharif case: NIA raids 25 locations in Karnataka, Kerala and Bihar against PFI

Op India  

National Investigation Agency on Wednesday conducted raids at about 25 locations in Karnataka, Kerala and Bihar in the Popular Front of India Phulwarisharif case. Earlier, six persons were arrested and several incriminating articles and documents related to PFI were seized in the instant case which was initially registered on July 12 last year at Phulwarisharif police station in Bihar’s Patna …

NIA raids underway in different locations in Tamil Nadu as part of crackdown on PFI
1 year, 8 months ago

NIA raids underway in different locations in Tamil Nadu as part of crackdown on PFI

India TV News  

NIA crackdown on PFI: National Investigation Agency officials on Tuesday held searches at different locations in Tamil Nadu in cases related to anti-India activities of the banned terror outfit Popular Front of India. Multiple teams of the NIA conducted these searches at the residential and other premises of the suspects in the case in close coordination with Tamil Nadu Police. …

NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in four States against PFI cadres
1 year, 8 months ago

NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in four States against PFI cadres

The Hindu  

In a fresh crackdown against the cadres of the banned Popular Front of India, the National Investigation Agency is carrying out searches at more than a dozen locations in various parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The raid is being done on Dr. Sarik Raza, a dentist located in the Urdu Bazaar of Darbhanga city and Mehboob, …

NIA files fresh chargesheet against 19 members of PFI
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA files fresh chargesheet against 19 members of PFI

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency filed chargesheet against 19 people, including 12 National Executive Council members of the banned outfit Popular Front of India for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to wage a war for establishing an Islamic Caliphate in the country. READ | NIA raids PFI in Rajasthan on charges of provoking, radicalising youngsters Some other key position holders …

PFI plotted to establish Islamic rule in India by 2047, reveals NIA chargesheet
1 year, 9 months ago

PFI plotted to establish Islamic rule in India by 2047, reveals NIA chargesheet

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet against five members of the Popular Front of India in the special court, Hyderabad, in the Nizamabad terror case for allegedly organising terror training camps besides recruiting people for terrorist acts. "The accused persons charged yesterday are trained PFI cadre who were found involved in provoking and radicalising impressionable Muslim …

Karnataka: NIA arrests prime accused in Praveen Nettaru murder case
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka: NIA arrests prime accused in Praveen Nettaru murder case

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency on Saturday arrested M H Tuffail, the prime accused in the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru, from his hideout at Dasaralli under Amruthalli police station limits in Bengaluru, on Sunday. When it was difficult to get clues of the accused, the NIA announced a reward of ₹5 lakh for the informers …

'Full Faith in NIA': Slain Karnataka BJP Youth Worker's Kin Seek Justice as Noose Tightens Around PFI
1 year, 11 months ago

'Full Faith in NIA': Slain Karnataka BJP Youth Worker's Kin Seek Justice as Noose Tightens Around PFI

News 18  

“We have full faith in the NIA and its investigation. Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha leader Nettaru became a victim of targeted killing by terrorists whose links have been traced by the National Investigation Agency to the now-banned terror organisation Popular Front of India. The NIA, in its chargesheet submitted to a special court, stated: “The Popular Front of India, …

PFI forms \'Service Teams\', \'Killer Squads\' to establish Islamic rule by 2047: NIA
1 year, 11 months ago

PFI forms \'Service Teams\', \'Killer Squads\' to establish Islamic rule by 2047: NIA

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: As part of its agenda to create terror, communal hatred and unrest in society and to further its agenda of establishing Islamic rule in India by 2047, the banned outfit Popular Front of India formed secret teams called 'Service Teams' or 'Killer Squads' to carry out killings of its 'perceived enemies' and targets. The National Investigation Agency made …

Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA files chargesheet against 20 accused with PFI links
1 year, 11 months ago

Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA files chargesheet against 20 accused with PFI links

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet against 20 accused with links to the banned radical outfit, Popular Front of India, in the July 2022 Praveen Nettaru murder case. Conspiracy meetings of PFI members and leaders were held in Bengaluru, Sullia Town, and Bellare village where the head of the District Service Team, Mustafa Paichar, was instructed to recce, …

Kerala: NIA searches three locations in PFI conspiracy case
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala: NIA searches three locations in PFI conspiracy case

India TV News  

Highlights Incriminating materials, including digital devices and documents were found during the searches The accused persons were conducting training camps for terror activities, the NIA said These training camps were being organised at various locations across the country The National Investigation Agency on Monday carried out searches at three locations in Kerala in connection with a case pertaining to criminal …

NIA announces cash reward for info on absconding PFI members
2 years, 2 months ago

NIA announces cash reward for info on absconding PFI members

Deccan Chronicle  

MANGALURU: The National Investigation Agency has announced a cash reward for people who provide information about the four absconding Popular Front of India members wanted in the Praveen Nettaru murder case. BJP Yuva Morcha district committee member Praveen Nettaru was murdered by three assailants at Mastikatte in Sullia Taluk on July 26 night. The notice states that all four are …

‘Had Info About Earlier NIA Raids’: PFI Cadre Has Infiltrated Kerala State Machinery, Sources Tell New18
2 years, 3 months ago

‘Had Info About Earlier NIA Raids’: PFI Cadre Has Infiltrated Kerala State Machinery, Sources Tell New18

News 18  

With the ban on Popular Front of India, and the arrest of many of its leaders, top intelligence sources have told CNN-News18 that the penetration of the outfit is deep inside the Kerala state machinery. They also alleged that during the previous NIA raids in different parts of the state, tip-offs and information were already leaked to the PFI cadre …

Centre bans PFI and its associates for 5 years
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre bans PFI and its associates for 5 years

Live Mint  

The Central Government on 28 September declared the Popular Front of India and its associates or affiliates or fronts as an unlawful association with immediate effect for a period of five years. ".in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, the Central Government hereby declared the Popular Front of India and its …

Karnataka police raids PFI leaders\' houses
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka police raids PFI leaders\' houses

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU/MANGALURU: The Karnataka police on Tuesday swung into action and conducted searches at several houses of activists belonging to the Popular Front of India in the state, besides making some arrests. The National Investigation Agency had conducted searches in various parts of the country and arrested several PFI leaders in various states on September 22. Kumaraswamy pointed out that the …

NIA raids PFI again, nabs several members in Assam, Uttar Pradesh
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA raids PFI again, nabs several members in Assam, Uttar Pradesh

Firstpost  

Most of the NIA raids on Tuesday morning took place in Assam and Uttar Pradesh although several other states were also involved. During the raids, the NIA detained several members of the PFI New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency conducted anoter series of raids against the Popular Front of India on Tuesday. NIA raids PFI dens in Uttar Pradesh NIA …

Process to ban PFI has begun, says Karnataka minister day after pan-India NIA raids
2 years, 3 months ago

Process to ban PFI has begun, says Karnataka minister day after pan-India NIA raids

India Today  

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has stated that the procedure to impose a ban on the Popular Front of India has begun, adding that the central government is taking time. The NIA, the Enforcement Directorate and Karnataka police on Thursday conducted raids in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Kalaburagi and Shivamogga and arrested seven office- bearers of the PFI. NIA CRACKDOWN ON PFI …

Special NIA court sends 5 PFI members to Maharashtra ATS custody till September 26
2 years, 3 months ago

Special NIA court sends 5 PFI members to Maharashtra ATS custody till September 26

India Today  

A special National Investigation Agency court in Mumbai has sent five accused, who were arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad for carrying out activities against the interest of the country, into ATS custody till September 26. According to the sources, out of the five, one is an advocate while the other four are said to be law students who were …

PFI Raids By NIA, ED Updates: Searches Conducted Successfully at 93 Locations in 15 States, 45 Arrested
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI Raids By NIA, ED Updates: Searches Conducted Successfully at 93 Locations in 15 States, 45 Arrested

News 18  

PFI Raids By NIA, ED Updates: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried out raids at the Popular Front of India offices and the residences of the office-bearers in several states simultaneously. In February last year, the ED filed its first charge sheet against PFI and its student-wing Campus Front of India on money laundering charges, claiming its members wanted …

NIA crackdown on PFI: How radical outfit planned to evade agencies
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA crackdown on PFI: How radical outfit planned to evade agencies

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and police authorities raided multiple locations in connection with the PFI's top leadership and office bearers. The searches were conducted across 13 states, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam, in a bid to crackdown on PFI sleeper cells, illicit terror funding and alleged terror modules. As per documents recovered by …

NIA searches PFI offices in ‘largest-ever investigation’, over 100 detained nationwide
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA searches PFI offices in ‘largest-ever investigation’, over 100 detained nationwide

The Hindu  

In a nationwide crackdown, over 100 top leaders and functionaries of the Popular Front of India have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate and the police in 11 States. Khadir, a member of the PFI Kerala State Executive Council, was also made an accused by the NIA in the 2010 Professor Joseph hand-chopping case, said the ED, …

NIA, ED, state police raid PFI-SDPI offices in multiple states | Photos
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA, ED, state police raid PFI-SDPI offices in multiple states | Photos

Hindustan Times  

NIA, ED, state police raid PFI-SDPI offices in multiple states | Photos On the basis of credible evidence and intelligence inputs, the National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate and police conducted pan-India. On the basis of credible evidence and intelligence inputs, the National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate and police conducted pan-India raids covering 13 states against PFI, SDPI leadership and cadres …

NIA ED Raids 106 PFI Workers Arrest Across 11 States Against Terror Funding
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA ED Raids 106 PFI Workers Arrest Across 11 States Against Terror Funding

ABP News  

In the largest ever anti-terror operation, National Investigation Agency and Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at the residences and offices of PFI workers across 11 states and arrested 106 persons for allegedly being involved in anti-national activities. Of the 106 arrests made across 11 states, the maximum number of arrests were made in Kerala followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, …

NIA raids PFI-SDPI in Kerala, Bengal, other states. 105 arrested, details here
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA raids PFI-SDPI in Kerala, Bengal, other states. 105 arrested, details here

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and local police on Thursday launched multiple raids across 13 states - including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam - to crackdown on suspected terror-funding activities. READ | NIA, ED, police raid PFI-SDPI leaders in 13 states for terror activities The PFI has called the raids an example of the government …

NIA, ED arrest over 100 Popular Front leaders in raids across 10 states
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA, ED arrest over 100 Popular Front leaders in raids across 10 states

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a first-ever largest action, a joint team of the National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate and state police forces have arrested over 100 Popular Front of India leaders during raids across 10 states, said sources on Thursday. "In a major action across 10 states, NIA, ED and state police have arrested more than 100 cadres of PFI," sources …

Huge search op underway at PFI leaders’ places in terror-related activities
2 years, 3 months ago

Huge search op underway at PFI leaders’ places in terror-related activities

Live Mint  

A massive nationwide search operation has been launched by the National Investigation Agency on Thursday morning against groups, including Popular Front of India, and individuals allegedly supporting terrorists, said officials as quoted by news agency PTI. The agency had then conducted searches at 38 locations in Telangana in the case relating to Abdul Khader of Nizamabad district in Telangana and …

PFI case: NIA raids multiple places in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI case: NIA raids multiple places in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a major crackdown against the Popular Front of India, the National Investigation Agency on Sunday carried out searches at multiple locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, sources said. They formed an unlawful assembly and promoted enmity between different groups on the basis of religion and were involved in activities disrupting sovereignty and territorial integrity of India," the FIR …

BJP using NIA to frame us: PFI
2 years, 4 months ago

BJP using NIA to frame us: PFI

Deccan Chronicle  

MANGALURU: The Popular Front of India on Wednesday charged the BJP with 'conspiring' against it and using the National Investigation Agency to implicate it in the case relating to the murder of a BJYM leader. The PFI outburst comes after the NIA conducted searches across 33 places in Karnataka covering Mysuru, Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts on Tuesday in connection …

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