Lucknow Police arrest PFI's UP chief, 16 other workers for violence during anti-CAA protests
5 years ago

Lucknow Police arrest PFI's UP chief, 16 other workers for violence during anti-CAA protests

India TV News  

Islamist outfit Popular Front of India chief and 16 other workers of the organisation were arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on Monday for violent clashes that had erupted during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests took place in the state last week. UP Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma had on Sunday said that authorities suspect the role of PFI and Students Islamic Movement of India in the violence during the anti-CAA protests in the state which claimed 18 lives and left hundreds of people, including many policemen, injured. On Monday, the state remained peaceful with no report of any untoward incident and Director General of Police OP Singh issued directives to police officials to go for "qualitative investigation" into the cases registered against the people who took part in anti-CAA protests. 213 FIRs have been filed, 925 persons have been arrested so far in connection with anti-CAA protests in the state," an official statement issued by the police said. The police blamed "outsiders" associated with Islamist outfits like PFI and SIMI for the violence in which 17 people died in the state during protests against the new law.

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Arrest of key accused in Nettaru murder case reinstates Union govt.’s zero tolerance towards anti-nationals, says Capt. Chowta
3 weeks, 4 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 …

More than 160 protesting farmers arrested in Noida
1 month, 1 week ago

More than 160 protesting farmers arrested in Noida

Deccan Chronicle  

Noida: Police on Tuesday arrested more than 160 protesting farmers, including the president of Bharatiya Kisan Parishad Sukhbir Khalifa, who were holding a sit-in at the 'Dalit Prerna Sthal' here after their march to Delhi on land compensation and other demands was stopped a day earlier. Additional Commissioner of Police Shiv Hari Meena said that they arrested more than 160 …

U.P. govt. trying to hide its failure with minor arrests, says Akhilesh
6 months, 1 week ago

U.P. govt. trying to hide its failure with minor arrests, says Akhilesh

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on July 6 described the arrests over the Hathras stampede as a conspiracy in itself, alleging that the Uttar Pradesh government is trying to hide its failure by making “minor arrests”. Mr. Yadav, in a post on X, demanded an immediate judicial inquiry into the arrests, and tagged a letter addressed to him by a …

Uttar Pradesh Police arrests 'masterminds' of Bareilly violence after brief encounter
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh Police arrests 'masterminds' of Bareilly violence after brief encounter

India TV News  

The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested two ‘masterminds’ of a firing and arson incident in Izzatnagar after a brief encounter, officials said on Sunday. One of the accused, Rajiv Rana, set two JCB machines on fire, which were parked near the disputed land, next to another accused, Aditya Upadhyay's marble shop, police said earlier. "KP Yadav and Subhash Lodhi, who were …

Siddique Kappan ordered PFI hit squad to kill BJP's Kapil Mishra and Parvesh Verma after 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Siddique Kappan ordered PFI hit squad to kill BJP's Kapil Mishra and Parvesh Verma after 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots

Op India  

A year after UAPA accused Kerala-based ‘journalist’ Siddique Kappan was granted bail after serving more than two years behind bars, a report has surfaced describing how he directed the banned Islamist terror outfit Popular Front of India ‘hit squad’ to assassinate BJP leaders Parvesh Verma and Kapil Mishra following the 2020 anti-Hindu riots in Delhi. According to a report published …

Women's police team in violence-hit Sandeshkhali, 17 arrested: Mamata Banerjee
11 months ago

Women's police team in violence-hit Sandeshkhali, 17 arrested: Mamata Banerjee

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that 17 people have been arrested so far in the Sandeshkhali violence case. A National Commission for Scheduled Castes team is in the troubled Sandeshkhali area in West Bengal to assess the situation following days of unrest due to allegations of sexual assault and violence against women by supporters of the …

PFI received cash worth crores of rupees from Gulf countries through Hawala: ED | DETAILS
1 year ago

PFI received cash worth crores of rupees from Gulf countries through Hawala: ED | DETAILS

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate has made a huge revelation regarding the banned organisation Popular Front of India and said that it received cash worth crores of rupees from Gulf countries through Hawala channels, and the money was deposited in the accounts associated with its supporters to convert black money into white, and was later transferred into the account of the PFI. …

Over 100 more workers of Imran Khan's party arrested in connection with May 9 violence
1 year, 2 months ago

Over 100 more workers of Imran Khan's party arrested in connection with May 9 violence

The Hindu  

Over 100 more workers of jailed Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have been arrested in Pakistan's Punjab province capital Lahore in connection with attacks on military installations in May, police said on November 12. "We have arrested 105 PTI workers wanted in the attacks on Lahore Corps Commander House and Askari Tower in different parts of the city …

Uttar Pradesh: 12 arrested following communal clashes in Basti district
1 year, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: 12 arrested following communal clashes in Basti district

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh news: The Basti Police arrested 12 people for their involvement in clashes between two communities during the installation of an idol in Tigodiya village of Basti district. SHO, Rudhauli, Dinesh Chandra Chaudhary said that tension prevailed in the village when a group of people dancing to DJ and playing with gulal during installation of Laxmi idol on Friday …

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 …

Gurugram communal clashes: 51 arrested so far, 67 taken into preventive custody
1 year, 5 months ago

Gurugram communal clashes: 51 arrested so far, 67 taken into preventive custody

India Today  

Gurugram Police have registered 29 First Information Reports in connection with various offences that took place amid the recent communal violence in the city. The police have made 51 arrests and taken 67 individuals into preventive custody, Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran said. Meanwhile, on Friday, the state government transferred the Nuh Superintendent of Police Varun Singla and Deputy Commissioner …

NIA arrests one more person from Bihar in PFI conspiracy case
1 year, 5 months ago

NIA arrests one more person from Bihar in PFI conspiracy case

India TV News  

PFI Patna case: The National Investigation Agency has arrested one more accused from Bihar in a case related to a conspiracy by the banned Popular Front of India to disturb peace and drive a communal wedge in the country, an official said on Sunday. According to NIA, the accused, Shahid Reza of the Chakia area of the East Champaran district …

PFI member deported from Singapore, arrested by Enforcement Directorate
1 year, 7 months ago

PFI member deported from Singapore, arrested by Enforcement Directorate

India Today  

A senior functionary of the banned outfit Popular Front of India, or PFI, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday. “The Popular Front of India and its associates or affiliates or fronts have been found to be involved in serious offences, including terrorism and its financing, targeted gruesome killings, disregarding the constitutional set up of the country, disturbing public …

PFI crackdown: National Investigation Agency files chargesheet against 19 people | READ
1 year, 9 months ago

PFI crackdown: National Investigation Agency files chargesheet against 19 people | READ

India TV News  

PFI crackdown: In its fifth chargesheet this month against the Popular Front of India, the NIA filed charges against 19 people, including 12 National Executive Council members of the banned outfit, for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to wage a war for establishing an Islamic Caliphate in the country, an official said. The NIA has also frozen 37 bank …

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 …

2020 Hathras riots: UP STF arrests PFI member with Rs 25k bounty on his head
1 year, 10 months ago

2020 Hathras riots: UP STF arrests PFI member with Rs 25k bounty on his head

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Friday arrested another active member of the banned radical outfit Popular Front of India in connection with charges of allegedly inciting caste riots in Hathras, following the alleged gang-rape of a 19-year-old which led to her death in September 2020. Sources told India Today that Kamal KP had allegedly sent a voice note to …

NIA arrests PFI's Mohammad Sohail from Rajasthan, is close aide of Kanhaiya Lal's murderer
1 year, 11 months ago

NIA arrests PFI's Mohammad Sohail from Rajasthan, is close aide of Kanhaiya Lal's murderer

Op India  

In a crackdown on PFI, the National Investigation Agency made its third arrest from Jaipur in Rajasthan. Mohammad Sohail was arrested on Friday for his active involvement in the PFI’s criminal conspiracy, a spokesperson of the federal agency said. Mohammad Sohail is the Udaipur district president of SDPI, the political wing of the Islamist organisation Popular Front of India which …

Bihar: 3 suspected PFI members detained by NIA-state police joint team in East Champaran
1 year, 11 months ago

Bihar: 3 suspected PFI members detained by NIA-state police joint team in East Champaran

India TV News  

NIA in Bihar: A joint team of the National Investigation Agency and Bihar Police detained three suspected members of the banned Popular Front of India outfit in the East Champaran district on Saturday, February 4. “Three suspected members of the PFI were picked up by the NIA with the active help of Bihar Police. Chargesheet against PFI members Earlier on …

Maharashtra ATS arrests four PFI activists in Panvel, probe underway
2 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra ATS arrests four PFI activists in Panvel, probe underway

India TV News  

Highlights Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested 4 activists of the proscribed Popular Front of India Those arrested include a local member of the banned outfit's state expansion committee ATS had specific information about meeting of 2 functionaries of PFI in Panvel PFI news: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested four activists of the proscribed Popular Front of India from Panvel …

Delhi: Three suspects in man’s murder in Ranjit Nagar arrested
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi: Three suspects in man’s murder in Ranjit Nagar arrested

Hindustan Times  

A day after scores of residents of Ranjit Nagar people blocked the Patel Nagar main road in protest against the murder of a 27-year-old man, reportedly a worker of Bajrang Dal, the police on Monday said all three Mulsim men have been arrested in connection with the murder case. Although the police have denied any communal angle to the murder …

Six Islamists arrested in Prayagraj for hurting Hindu sentiments
2 years, 3 months ago

Six Islamists arrested in Prayagraj for hurting Hindu sentiments

Op India  

On Thursday, six people were arrested by Sarai Mamrez Police, the trans-Ganga region in Prayagraj for hurting religious feelings while protesting against the installation of a saffron flag at a Ramleela venue. The accused were arrested for allegedly hurling abuses at Hindu deities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and tearing a saffron flag. The …

PFI Arrests: 9 Men Approach Delhi High Court Against 'Illegal Custody', Seek Compensation
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI Arrests: 9 Men Approach Delhi High Court Against 'Illegal Custody', Seek Compensation

Live Law  

A total of nine men, who were recently arrested in connection with the ban on Popular Front of India, have moved the Delhi High Court seeking their release and compensation, alleging that they were unlawfully detained by the police.During the course of hearing today before a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Amit Sharma, the Delhi Police raised …

Maharashtra ATS arrests PFI member from Jalna, 22 held in state so far
2 years, 3 months ago

Maharashtra ATS arrests PFI member from Jalna, 22 held in state so far

India TV News  

The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra Police has arrested an alleged member of the banned Popular Front of India from Jalna in the state, an official said. Shaikh Umer Shaikh Habib, former Jalna district chief of PFI, was arrested late Monday night under the Unlawful Activities Act, the ATS official said. On September 22, the ATS had registered four cases against …

PM Narendra Modi attends International Dussehra celebrations in Himachal's Kullu
2 years, 3 months ago

PM Narendra Modi attends International Dussehra celebrations in Himachal's Kullu

India TV News  

Delhi Police has booked two Popular Front of India “members” under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act for their alleged suspicious activities, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police officer said an FIR has been registered against two PFI activists under IPC sections 120 B and 153 A, along with section 10/13 of the Unlawful Activities Act at Khajuri Khas police …

Delhi: Two more PFI members arrested from Khajuri Khas, fresh case lodged under UAPA
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: Two more PFI members arrested from Khajuri Khas, fresh case lodged under UAPA

India TV News  

Highlights Delhi Police arrested 2 active members of PFI from Khajuri Khas area in the national capital today The accused were identified as Israr Ali and Mohammed Samoon An FIR against them was filed under sections 153-A of IPC PFI ban update : In a latest action against the banned Popular Front of India, the Delhi Police have arrested two …

Four PFI Members Arrested Under UAPA by Delhi Police
2 years, 3 months ago

Four PFI Members Arrested Under UAPA by Delhi Police

News 18  

Four persons allegedly linked to the banned Popular Front of India were arrested by Delhi Police under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act, officials said on Tuesday. A senior police officer confirmed that four members of the outlawed outfit have been arrested in a case registered against them under the UAPA at Shaheen Bagh police station of southeast district of Delhi …

Delhi Police arrest four members of banned PFI
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi Police arrest four members of banned PFI

India TV News  

Highlights Delhi Police makes first arrest of PFI members after ban, 4 arrested They got arrested around a week after PFI was banned by government under UAPA A senior Delhi Police official has confirmed the arrest of four members of the PFI PFI ban : The Delhi Police has arrested four members of the Popular Front of India around a …

Accused of violent acts, PFI under govt radar since long
2 years, 3 months ago

Accused of violent acts, PFI under govt radar since long

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The banned Popular Front of India has been accused of involvement in violent acts, ‘instigating’ protests like the one against the Citizenship Amendment Act, having alleged links with global terror organisations, including Islamic State of Syria and Iraq and Sri Lanka Tauheed Jamat, and hence was under the radar of the government agencies since long. The sources in …

Over 1,400 cases against PFI leaders, activists
2 years, 3 months ago

Over 1,400 cases against PFI leaders, activists

The Hindu  

More than 1,400 criminal cases had been registered against the leaders and activists of the now-proscribed Popular Front of India and its affiliates across the country over the years, according to investigating agencies. Also, the PFI’s role in the Delhi riots was investigated by the ED,” the official said, adding that the Hijab issue in Karnataka had also been blown …

Kerala intensifies vigil following ban on PFI, offices to be sealed
2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala intensifies vigil following ban on PFI, offices to be sealed

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala police, intelligence units have been put on high alert following the ban on Popular Front of India and its affiliates. All district committee, zonal committee and area committee offices of the PFI are set to be sealed and leaders from state to local level will be brought under surveillance. PFI state general secretary Abdul Sattar was taken into …

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded
2 years, 3 months ago

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded

Firstpost  

Islamist groups often become a pain under the nose, not only for the countries, but also for the Muslim community Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the infamous Islamist outfit Popular Front of India on Wednesday, a week after India’s premier agency, the National Investigation Agency carried out a massive crackdown on last Thursday. It’s high time to …

Charges against PFI and its 7 associates that led to govt crackdown and ban
2 years, 3 months ago

Charges against PFI and its 7 associates that led to govt crackdown and ban

Live Mint  

PFI ban: In a huge step against home grown terrorism, the Union Home Ministry has banned the Popular Front of India and iits several associates for 5 years. Govt bans PFI and its 7 associates The organisations which were also declared banned under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA include Rehab India Foundation Campus Front of India All India Imams Council …

'Disturbing Communal Harmony, Supporting Militancy': Decoding 5-Year Ban on PFI, Affiliates
2 years, 3 months ago

'Disturbing Communal Harmony, Supporting Militancy': Decoding 5-Year Ban on PFI, Affiliates

News 18  

In a much-awaited and expected move, the Narendra Modi government finally banned the Popular Front of India and its affiliates for five years with a notification issued late on Tuesday night. “PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts operate openly as socio-economic, educational and political organization but, they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalize a particular section …

Centre bans PFI after week-long crackdown across the country
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre bans PFI after week-long crackdown across the country

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has declared the Popular Front of India an “unlawful association” under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for five years after a week-long crackdown on its top leaders and office bearers across the country, the Union home ministry said in a notification late on Tuesday. “The Central government is of the opinion that if there is no immediate curb …

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 …

Police crack down on PFI and SDPI activists, take 90 into preventive custody in Karnataka
2 years, 3 months ago

Police crack down on PFI and SDPI activists, take 90 into preventive custody in Karnataka

The Hindu  

As many as 90 workers and office-bearers of Popular Front of India and Social Democratic Party of India were taken into preventive custody across Karnataka. “In a special eight-hour operation carried out across the State from 3 a.m. to 11 a.m., as many as 90 people who could disturb public order have been detained,” Alok Kumar, Additional Director General of …

Over 170 PFI activists detained across India
2 years, 3 months ago

Over 170 PFI activists detained across India

The Hindu  

Simultaneous searches were conducted by police teams at multiple locations in seven States and a Union Territory on Tuesday during the second round of crackdown on Popular Front of India leaders and activists. The searches were carried out in Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Delhi and Karnataka based on intelligence inputs and the information gathered during the …

Operation Octopus 2.0: NIA tightens grip on PFI, over 170 detained from 8 states | Top points
2 years, 3 months ago

Operation Octopus 2.0: NIA tightens grip on PFI, over 170 detained from 8 states | Top points

India Today  

Days after the major crackdown on the top functionaries and workers of the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India, the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday launched the second round of its midnight raids in eight states and Union Territories. The NIA, along with other probe agencies, is carrying out raids on PFI members under Operation Octopus for allegedly supporting …

Sweeping raids against Popular Front of India in six states
2 years, 3 months ago

Sweeping raids against Popular Front of India in six states

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In another major crackdown on the Popular Front of India, police along with other investigative agencies conducted raids across several states on Monday. In state-wide raids in Karnataka, more than 75 PFI workers of its political wing Social Democratic Party of India and leaders were taken into preventive custody, informed a police official. In Uttar Pradesh, the state's …

Second round of mega NIA raids on PFI underway in 8 states, 60 members detained in Karnataka
2 years, 3 months ago

Second round of mega NIA raids on PFI underway in 8 states, 60 members detained in Karnataka

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency and other probe agencies are carrying out a second round of raids on the Popular Front of India. In Karnataka, as many as 60 PFI members were picked up under ‘preventive custody.’ They will be produced in front of local tehsildar and seek judicial custody and will be sent to prison. Also, six PFI members have …

Three PFI workers arrested for damaging vehicles of BJP, Hindu Munnani functionaries in Pollachi
2 years, 3 months ago

Three PFI workers arrested for damaging vehicles of BJP, Hindu Munnani functionaries in Pollachi

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore District Police on Monday arrested three members of the Popular Front of India on charges of damaging vehicles belonging to the BJP and Hindu Munnani functionaries in Pollachi on September 22 night. The police said that the trio was involved in the damages caused to five vehicles belonging to local functionaries of the BJP and Hindu Munnani at …

BJP, RSS Leaders, Govt Agencies on PFI Radar After 'Anti-Terror' Raids: Intel Sources
2 years, 3 months ago

BJP, RSS Leaders, Govt Agencies on PFI Radar After 'Anti-Terror' Raids: Intel Sources

News 18  

Rattled by nationwide anti-terror raids against them, the Popular Front of India has pressed into action to target government agencies and BJP and RSS leaders and their organisations, according to an intelligence note accessed by CNN-News18. According to top government sources, the PFI has identified some top BJP leaders and RSS functionaries as their targets. CNN-News18 had earlier reported that …

Violent front: The Hindu Editorial on the Popular Front of India
2 years, 3 months ago

Violent front: The Hindu Editorial on the Popular Front of India

The Hindu  

On September 22, the National Investigation Agency arrested over 100 leaders and activists of the radical Islamist outfit, the Popular Front of India, after raids in 15 States. The PFI and the Social Democratic Party of India which acts as its political front, often deny their association, as unconvincingly as their claims of being on the right side of the …

4 PFI members arrested from Uttar Pradesh, pen drives with IS videos recovered
2 years, 3 months ago

4 PFI members arrested from Uttar Pradesh, pen drives with IS videos recovered

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad arrested four members of PFI from Shamli,Ghaziabad and Muzaffarnagar and Meerut on Saturday. The officials also recovered literature pertaining to 'Ghazwa-e-Hindi' and videos related to IS and Kashmiri Mujaheed were found in pen drives recovered from the possession of the arrested accused. Over 106 PFI members were arrested in multiple raids carried out by a …

Top PFI leaders were recruiting Muslim youths in IS: What we know about crackdown on radical outfit
2 years, 3 months ago

Top PFI leaders were recruiting Muslim youths in IS: What we know about crackdown on radical outfit

India Today  

Top leaders of the Popular Front of India were recruiting Indian Muslim youths in terrorist organisation IS with an intention of carrying out terrorist activities in the country, the Home Ministry received intelligence inputs according to documents accessed by India Today. The central government received solid input that top PFI leaders, members, office bearers and cadres, along with others, are …

'Situation is Under Control' Say Kerala Police After Violence During PFI Hartal in Kannur
2 years, 3 months ago

'Situation is Under Control' Say Kerala Police After Violence During PFI Hartal in Kannur

News 18  

The Kerala High Court on Friday took a case on its own over the hartal declared by radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India and subsequent sporadic incidents of violence in the state. ADGP V Sakhare said the “situation is under control” and arrests were made after stone pelting was reported at the RSS Office in Kerala?s Kannur district in …

PFI Hartal Turns Violent in Parts of Kerala; Vehicles, Shops Damaged
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI Hartal Turns Violent in Parts of Kerala; Vehicles, Shops Damaged

News 18  

Masked men and miscreants went on a rampage in different parts of Kerala on Friday during the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Popular Front of India, under the lens for alleged terror activities, damaging state-run buses and ambulance, injuring policemen and commoners and vandalising shops and threatening the public. Cutting across cities towns, the hartal supporters took out protest marches, …

PFI's West Bengal President Arrested by Assam Police from Delhi
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI's West Bengal President Arrested by Assam Police from Delhi

News 18  

The West Bengal president of Popular Front of India has been arrested by Assam Police from Delhi and brought here for production before the court, police said here on Friday. Among the ten PFI members arrested from Assam, four are from Nagarbera in Kamrup district, two from Guwahati and one each from Karimganj, Barpeta, Baksa and Nagaon districts. According to …

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 …

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