NIA conducts raids on suspected PFI activists in AP, Telangana; 4 detained
Hindustan TimesThe National Investigation Agency on Sunday carried out multiple raids in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in connection with the alleged terror links of the local members of the Popular Front of India and detained four persons, the agency said. The NIA raids were conducted in Nizamabad, Hyderabad, Jagitial, Nirmal, Adilabad and Karimnagar in Telangana, besides two locations in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool and Nellore districts. About two dozen teams of NIA conducted searches at 38 locations – 23 in Nizamabad, four in Hyderabad, seven in Jagitial, two in Nirmal and one each in Adilabad and Karimnagar districts, besides two locations in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool and Nellore districts. “On Sunday, the NIA conducted searches on the suspected PFI members in the case, including Abdul Khader and 26 other persons,” an NIA statement said. On July 6, the Nizamabad police arrested four PFI activists on the charges of allegedly training Muslim young men in anti-national activities.