ATS, Local Police Raid 25 PFI Locations Across 8 States, Several Members Arrested

Six persons have been taken into custody in Karnataka and some people have been detained in Maharashtra as well and interrogation is being done. 

Mangaluru Police carrying out raid at location associated with PFI ( Image Source :ANI )

New Delhi: The Anti Terror Squad (ATS) along with local police conducted fresh raids at 25 locations associated with Popular Front of India (PFI) across eight states in the country, reported ABP News. The raids were conducted in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, and Assam. 

The development came just days after the federal anti-terror agency conducted raids at 95 locations across 11 states in the country. The fresh raids by NIA were based on the input it received from the investigation carried out after the previous raid. 

Six persons have been taken into custody in Karnataka and some people have been detained in Maharashtra as well and interrogation is being done. 

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“Several PFI members have been taken into preventive custody by Mangaluru city police. The cases have been registered under CrPC 107/151,” said Commissioner of Police Mangaluru City, N Shashi Kumar, quoted by news agency ANI. 

Karnataka | Several PFI members have been taken into preventive custody by Mangaluru city police. The cases have been registered under CrPC 107/151: N Shashi Kumar, CP Mangaluru City pic.twitter.com/qHoPciat6E

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“Four persons linked with PFI were detained from the Nagarbera area today. Our operation against PFI is on in many parts of the district,” said Hiren Nath, ADGP (Special Branch) Assam. 

On September 22, a multi-agency operation spearheaded by NIA conducted simultaneous raid across the country arresting 106 members of the PFI including its office bearers and members from 11 states their alleged support to terror activities in the country, the officials had said. 

The maximum number of arrests were made in Kerala (22) followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka (20 each), Tamil Nadu (10), Assam (9), Uttar Pradesh (8), Andhra Pradesh (5), Madhya Pradesh (4), Puducherry and Delhi (3 each) and Rajasthan (2).