Accused of violent acts, PFI under govt radar since long
Deccan ChronicleNEW 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 the security establishment said PFI has been under the radar of security agencies for its alleged role in violent protests in different parts of the country against CAA, forced conversions, radicalisation of Muslim youths, money laundering and maintaining links with banned groups. “It has been also accused of killing people associated with organisations espousing other faiths, collecting explosives to target prominent people and places, supporting the Islamic State and destroying public property to strike terror among people,” the sources in the security forces said. Following the anti-CAA protests and subsequent violence in December 2019, the Uttar Pradesh government also recommended the Centre ban PFI.