Hathras case: Kerala scribe, PFI members charged under PMLA
3 years, 10 months ago

Hathras case: Kerala scribe, PFI members charged under PMLA

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday it has charged office-bearers of the Popular Front of India and its students’ wing -- Campus Front of India -- for allegedly conspiring to incite violence and disturb harmony in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, where a Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped by four upper caste men last September. The charge sheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, filed against Atikur Rahman, Masud Ahmed, Siddique Kappan, Mohammad Alam and KA Rauf Sherif, has been accepted by a special court in Lucknow. ED, which probes financial crimes, said in a statement: “…probe has revealed that more than ₹100 crore have been deposited in the accounts of PFI over the years and a very large part of this money has been deposited in cash.” The statement added that illegal activities of PFI/CFI included funding protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, fomenting trouble that led to Delhi riots in February 2020, and attempts to disturb harmony in Hathras. Instead of proving its case through transparent investigations, ED continues to drag the name of Popular Front into fabricated and politically motivated case like the imaginary instigation of caste violence at Hathras…,” Anis Ahmed, PFI general secretary, said in a statement.

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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. …

Crackdown on PFI: Raids On in 6 States, House of '2006 Mumbai Train Blasts' Accused Also Searched
1 year, 2 months ago

Crackdown on PFI: Raids On in 6 States, House of '2006 Mumbai Train Blasts' Accused Also Searched

News 18  

The National Investigation Agency is conducting searches across six states in cases against the banned organisation, Popular Front of India. #WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Visuals from Lucknow as National Investigation Agency conducts raids across six states in Popular Front of India-related cases. pic.twitter.com/SC3HbSeFY1— ANI October 11, 2023 In Mumbai’s Vikhroli area, the investigating agency raided the house of Abdul Wahid …

Court Seeks ED's Response on PFI Members' Bail Pleas
1 year, 4 months ago

Court Seeks ED's Response on PFI Members' Bail Pleas

News 18  

A Delhi court has sought response from the Enforcement Directorate on the bail applications of three alleged members of the banned Popular Front of India in a money laundering case related to alleged terror activities. Special Judge Shailender Malik issued notice to the ED on the applications filed by Mohammad Ilias, Mohammad Perwez Ahmed and Abdul Muqeet. The ED had …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Latest NIA Chargesheet Against PFI Names 12 Key Members; 37 ‘Terror Funding’ Bank Accounts Frozen
1 year, 9 months ago

Latest NIA Chargesheet Against PFI Names 12 Key Members; 37 ‘Terror Funding’ Bank Accounts Frozen

News 18  

The NIA’s fifth chargesheet against the Popular Front of India this month named 12 members of the banned outfit’s national executive council. The central agency has frozen 77 bank accounts, including 37 belonging to the PFI, which were suspected of being “terror funding channels”. The probe has also exposed a trail of PFI’s funding to terror operatives and weapons trainers …

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, 10 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 …

PFI Wanted to Turn India into Islamic State by 2047: Maha ATS
1 year, 10 months ago

PFI Wanted to Turn India into Islamic State by 2047: Maha ATS

News 18  

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has claimed the Popular Front of India, banned by the Centre last year, aimed to establish the “rule of Islam” in India by 2047, and also had plans to obtain weapons and ammunition with the help of foreign countries or other organisations to achieve their targets. The ATS stated this in its chargesheet filed in a local …

Lucknow court frames charges against journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case
2 years, 1 month ago

Lucknow court frames charges against journalist Siddique Kappan in PMLA case

The Hindu  

A court here has framed charges against jailed Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan and six other people in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act case. Besides Mr. Kappan, the other accused in the case are K. A. Rauf Sherif, Atikur Rahman, Masud Ahmad, Mohammad Alam, Abdul Razzak and Ashraf Khadir. The ED had booked Mr. Kappan in the PMLA case for …

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

Ban Not Enough to End PFI Threat, Agencies Must Go After Assets of Its Top Leaders
2 years, 3 months ago

Ban Not Enough to End PFI Threat, Agencies Must Go After Assets of Its Top Leaders

News 18  

The Government of India, by a Gazette Notification on September 27, 2022, banned the Popular Front of India and its affiliated groups. Public property and buses were targeted and extensive use of petrol bombs was The Student Islamic Movement of India was banned in 2001 for terror activities and it metamorphosed as the PFI in 2006 with the merger of …

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 …

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 …

Kerala HC directs PFI to deposit Rs 5.2 crore in connection to hartal violence
2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala HC directs PFI to deposit Rs 5.2 crore in connection to hartal violence

India TV News  

PFI ban : The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed banned outfit PFI and its ex-state general secretary to deposit Rs 5.2 crores with the Home Department towards damages estimated by the KSRTC and the state government in connection with the hartal-related violence on September 23, saying they must be held accountable for it. Expressing concern that the state administration …

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 …

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 …

PFI's Puppets in Media, Social Media And Intelligentsia Need to Be Busted
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI's Puppets in Media, Social Media And Intelligentsia Need to Be Busted

News 18  

NIA’s Thursday crackdown on the Popular Front of India across 15 states may have thwarted the blooming of the most influential Islamist network after the Muslim Brotherhood. But while the hot aftermath of the arrests play out, the investigators must pay attention to one particular aspect: the penetration of the PFI in media, academia, social media, and intelligentsia. Events like …

PFI raided: All you need to know about NIA, ED’s pan-India crackdown
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI raided: All you need to know about NIA, ED’s pan-India crackdown

Firstpost  

106 PFI leaders have been arrested in the nationwide raids carried out by the National Investigation Agency, ED and the local police. The highest number of arrests was made from Kerala New Delhi: A ban on Popular Front of India seems imminent after law-enforcement agencies Thursday conducted searches against it at 93 locations across 15 states over its alleged involvement …

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, …

From Hijab Row to '2047 Plan', PFI Hogged Headlines for Wrong Reasons. All About the Outfit Raided by NIA, ED
2 years, 3 months ago

From Hijab Row to '2047 Plan', PFI Hogged Headlines for Wrong Reasons. All About the Outfit Raided by NIA, ED

News 18  

Thursday was not the first instance of the Popular Front of India hogging national headlines. Detailing the surge of the outfit and its illegal activities, the Kerala government headed by Oommen Chandy of the Congress in 2012 had informed the High Court that PFI was “nothing but a resurrection of the banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India in another …

Siddique Kappan Has Deep Links With Terror Funding Organizations Like PFI:UP Govt Tells Supreme Court
2 years, 4 months ago

Siddique Kappan Has Deep Links With Terror Funding Organizations Like PFI:UP Govt Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The UP Government has told the Supreme Court that Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who is in custody since October 2020 in connection with the Hathras conspiracy case, has "deep links" with terror funding/ planning organizations like Popular Front of India and its student wing, Campus Front of India. Whereas he had denied any connections with PFI, it is alleged that …

Udaipur Killing Shows PFI is Fuelling Radicalisation Through Organisations in India, Abroad: Top Intel Sources
2 years, 5 months ago

Udaipur Killing Shows PFI is Fuelling Radicalisation Through Organisations in India, Abroad: Top Intel Sources

News 18  

The Popular Front of India, whose role is being carefully investigated in the Udaipur beheading case, is working mainly on multiple forums and their coordination with external and internal organisations have increased in recent years, top intelligence sources have told News18. Recently, a Special Investigation Team conducted raids in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to arrest PFI members trying to create …

PFI's 'India Vision 2047' document shows a plan to launch armed conflict against India with Indian Muslims helped by Islamic nations: Bihar Police
2 years, 5 months ago

PFI's 'India Vision 2047' document shows a plan to launch armed conflict against India with Indian Muslims helped by Islamic nations: Bihar Police

Op India  

The Bihar Police has made a shocking revelation after a recent crackdown on a secret PFI operation in the state. Accused incl a retired police officer of Jharkhand, Mohd Jallauddin along with a former member of SIMI who is also current member of PFI&SDPI, Athar Parvez arrested. Parvez's younger brother went to jail in 2001-02 bomb blasts in state after …

ED arrests PFI member from Kerala's Kozhikode airport in money laundering case
2 years, 9 months ago

ED arrests PFI member from Kerala's Kozhikode airport in money laundering case

Firstpost  

The immigration authorities at the airport had intercepted Abdul Razzak BP, a divisional president of the PFI Perumpadappu unit in Malappuram, on 9 March, acting on an ED lookout circular issued against him. New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a PFI member from Kerala’s Kozhikode airport while he was trying to flee the country as the agency probes him …

Hathras- UP Police Files Chargesheet Against Journalist Siddique Kappan And Seven Others Under UAPA
3 years, 9 months ago

Hathras- UP Police Files Chargesheet Against Journalist Siddique Kappan And Seven Others Under UAPA

Live Law  

Eight people linked to Popular Front of India, including its students' wing leader K A Rauf Sherif and Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, were charge-sheeted on Saturday by Uttar Pradesh police's Special Task Force in a court here for sedition, criminal conspiracy, funding of terror activities and other offences.Five of the accused -- Campus Front of India's national general. Eight people …

Hathras case: In 5,000-page charge sheet, UP STF says Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan was plotting riots
3 years, 9 months ago

Hathras case: In 5,000-page charge sheet, UP STF says Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan was plotting riots

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh STF has filed a charge sheet against Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan. In its 5,000-page charge sheet filed in a Mathura court, the STF has named Siddique Kappan among eight individuals with links to banned outfit Popular Front of India. Members of Kerala Union of Working Journalists staging a candlelight vigil demanding the release of Siddique Kappan in Delhi …

UP STF Raids Delhi Offices of PFI and its Student Wing, Say Officials
3 years, 10 months ago

UP STF Raids Delhi Offices of PFI and its Student Wing, Say Officials

News 18  

The Uttar Pradesh police’s Special Task Force Sunday raided the Delhi offices of Popular Front of India and its student wing CFI, officials said here, days after a CFI leader was sent to five-day police custody for allegedly funding PFI members to create unrest after the Hathras gangrape incident. On February 17, a court in Mathura had sent PFI’s student …

Uttar Pradesh: Two PFI terrorists planning to attack Hindu leaders nabbed
3 years, 10 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Two PFI terrorists planning to attack Hindu leaders nabbed

Op India  

Two Popular Front of India members, Ansad Badruddin and Firoz Khan, have been arrested by the Special Task Force from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Following the arrest, PFI has released a statement condemning their arrest and accused the UP government of trying to create a ‘fake narrative’. PFI claims that following the police complaint, the UP STF ‘hurriedly’ held a press …

ED charges Popular Front of India, its student wing with money laundering
3 years, 10 months ago

ED charges Popular Front of India, its student wing with money laundering

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a charge sheet against five office bearers and members of the Popular Front of India and its student wing, Campus Front of India, in connection with a money laundering case. “Atikur Rahman, national treasurer of the CFI; Masud Ahmed, Delhi general secretary of CFI; Sidhique Kappan, a journalist associated with the PFI ; and Mohammed …

PFI has been collecting funds through hawala to run terror camps in Kerala: ED
4 years ago

PFI has been collecting funds through hawala to run terror camps in Kerala: ED

Op India  

In a money-laundering investigation being carried out against the Muslim extremist organisation Popular Front of India, the Enforcement Directorate alleged yesterday that the outfit had raised substantial funds to organise terrorist training camps in Kerala. The ED filed a statement in a special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act opposing the bail plea of KA Rauf Sharif, the general …

Pakistan ‘arrests’ LeT commander Lakhvi ahead of FATF meeting
4 years ago

Pakistan ‘arrests’ LeT commander Lakhvi ahead of FATF meeting

Op India  

Ahead of meetings of the global watchdog Financial Action Task Force in January and February, the terror-state of Pakistan has arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi on charges of using terror funds. “Following an intelligence-based operation conducted by the CTD Punjab, proscribed organisation LeT leader Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on charges of terrorism financing,” said the Counter-Terrorism Department police adding …

PFI Received Over Rs 100 Cr in Its Bank Accounts Over the Years: ED to Kerala Court
4 years ago

PFI Received Over Rs 100 Cr in Its Bank Accounts Over the Years: ED to Kerala Court

News 18  

Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate, probing the money laundering probe against the Popular Front of India, told a court here on Thursday that its investigation so far revealed that the Kerala-based outfit has received more than Rs 100 crore in its bank accounts over the years. The agency, while seeking extension of custody of PFI's student wing leader K A Rauf …

PFI's Rauf Sharif had received foreign money worth Rs 2.5 crores under suspicious transactions: ED
4 years ago

PFI's Rauf Sharif had received foreign money worth Rs 2.5 crores under suspicious transactions: ED

Op India  

Popular Front of India’s student wing Campus Front of India leader KA Rauf Sharif was arrested by Enforcement Directorate on Saturday from Thiruvananthapuram when he was trying to flee from the country. As per the ED report, Rauf Sharif had funded the trip by PFI members and self-proclaimed journalist Siddique Kappan to Hathras, Uttar Pradesh after the controversy over the …

Islamic organisation PFI extends support to ongoing farmer protest
4 years, 1 month ago

Islamic organisation PFI extends support to ongoing farmer protest

Op India  

Just as pro-Khalistan elements are trying to hijack the ongoing ‘farmers protests’, radical Islamic organisation Popular Front of India has extended its support to the farmer protest, opposing the passing of three farm laws by the Modi government. On Saturday, radical Islamic organisation Popular Front of India, accused of instigating riots and violence across various parts of the country expressed …

Mathura Court Rejects Bail Plea Of 3 Alleged PFI Members Held On Their Way To Hathras
4 years, 1 month ago

Mathura Court Rejects Bail Plea Of 3 Alleged PFI Members Held On Their Way To Hathras

Live Law  

The Mathura Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of 3 alleged PFI activists who were held on their way to Hathras along with a Kerala journalist while they were going to meet the family members of an alleged gang-rape and murder victim.The Additional District and Sessions Judge Mayur Jain rejected the Bail applications of Atiq-ur-Rahman, Masood Ahmad. The Mathura …

Rahul Gandhi extends help to PFI member Siddique Kappan arrested under UAPA during Hathras incident
4 years, 2 months ago

Rahul Gandhi extends help to PFI member Siddique Kappan arrested under UAPA during Hathras incident

Op India  

Weeks after his failed attempts to politicise Hathras murder case, Gandhi-scion Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the Congress party observed the “illegal detention” of PFI member masquerading as journalist Siddique Kappan as a serious matter and promised his party delegation that he would look into the issue of Kappan’s arrest. The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee secretary KP Naushad Ali …

ED to question arrested PFI members in Delhi riots case
4 years, 2 months ago

ED to question arrested PFI members in Delhi riots case

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate wants to question the alleged Popular Front of India members, who were arrested from Mathura when they were going to meet the Hathras victim's family, in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe into the riots in northeast Delhi in February this year. The Uttar Pradesh Police had arrested the four men from Mathura on the night …

ED clarifies Bhim Army has no links with PFI, claims of Rs 100 crore pumped for Hathras protest false
4 years, 3 months ago

ED clarifies Bhim Army has no links with PFI, claims of Rs 100 crore pumped for Hathras protest false

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has clarified that they have found no links between Chandrashekhar Azad-led Bhim Army and PFI, which has been accused of inciting tension during the anti-CAA protests. The ED clarification comes after former UP DGP Brij Lal claimed that the Bhim Army and other outfits were trying to mislead the family of the Hathras alleged rape victim. The …

News18 Evening Digest: Arrested on Way to Hathras, Kerala Scribe Charged with Sedition and Other Top Stories
4 years, 3 months ago

News18 Evening Digest: Arrested on Way to Hathras, Kerala Scribe Charged with Sedition and Other Top Stories

News 18  

Arrested on Way to Hathras, Kerala Journalist and 3 Others with ‘PFI Link’ Charged with Sedition A Kerala-based journalist and three other people said to have links with alleged radical group Popular Front of India were on Wednesday booked for sedition. Trump to Sharply Limit H-1B Visas Amid Job Losses Caused by Covid-19 The Trump administration announced plans Tuesday to …

Hathras case: UP Police arrests Kerala scribe, three others enroute victim's village; journalists' body moves SC
4 years, 3 months ago

Hathras case: UP Police arrests Kerala scribe, three others enroute victim's village; journalists' body moves SC

Firstpost  

The police claimed that all four people had ’links’ with the Popular Front of India. However, Kerala Union of Working Journalists has said that journalist Siddique Kappan had gone to Hathras to cover the present situation in the area Uttar Pradesh Police arrested four men, including a Delhi-based journalist working for a Malayalam news portal, on Monday night over alleged …

Hathras Case: Journalist, 3 Others ‘Booked’ Under UAPA, Sedition
4 years, 3 months ago

Hathras Case: Journalist, 3 Others ‘Booked’ Under UAPA, Sedition

The Quint  

The men have been identified as Atiq-ur Rehman of Muzaffarnagar, Masood Ahmed of Bahraich and Alam of Rampur. The body had filed a Habeas Corpus petition in the Supreme Court seeking the release of the New Delhi-based journalist from Kerala. The petition asked the apex court to pass directions to produce the journalist before the court and release him from …

Hathras case: ED may probe use of illegal funds to trigger caste-based protests
4 years, 3 months ago

Hathras case: ED may probe use of illegal funds to trigger caste-based protests

India Today  

After Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said there were attempts to trigger case violence and tensions in the state over the Hathras alleged gangrape case, the Enforcement Directorate may look at registering a money laundering case to see if dubious funds were being pumped in to fuel caste-based violence. ED Joint Director Rajeshwar Singh told PTI that the central probe …

Hathras case: 4 men with PFI links detained on way to UP district
4 years, 3 months ago

Hathras case: 4 men with PFI links detained on way to UP district

India Today  

The Uttar Pradesh Police detained four men, allegedly linked to the Popular Front of India and an associate outfit, from Mathura on Monday night. Police added that acting on a tip-off that some suspicious persons were on their way to Hathras from Delhi, cops intercepted a Swift Dzire car on the toll plaza on Tuesday night. Live Updates on Hathras …

U.P. police claim conspiracy to trigger caste violence, defame govt. over Hathras
4 years, 3 months ago

U.P. police claim conspiracy to trigger caste violence, defame govt. over Hathras

The Hindu  

Under fire for mishandling the Hathras case, the Uttar Pradesh police on Monday claimed that there was a “conspiracy” by some groups and individuals to instigate caste and communal violence in the State in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape and assault of a Dalit girl. At least six FIRs have been lodged in Hathras, including one invoking sedition and …

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