Assam Police Conducts Operation Against PFI, Detains Several People
GG News Bureau
Guwahati, 27th Sept. The Assam Police launched another operation against the Popular Front of India (PFI) in various districts across the state on Tuesday.
Several people associated with PFI have been detained by police.
According to Hiren Nath, ADGP (Special Branch) of Assam Police, several people have been detained by police in various districts.
Hitesh Ch. Roy, Superintendent of Police of Kamrup District said, the Kamrup District Police detained four people associated with PFI from the Nagarbera area on Tuesday.
“Our anti-PFI operation is ongoing in many parts of the district,” Hitesh Ch. Roy said.
Previously, Assam Police arrested 11 PFI workers from various parts of the state, as well as one from Delhi.
Continuing the crackdown on the organization, the Maharashtra Police Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested a man on Monday in connection with the nationwide crackdown on PFI. The arrested accused has been identified as Mohd Abed Ali.
Yesterday, one person was arrested by the UP Police Special Task Force (STF). According to police, the STF arrested Abdul Majeed from the Vibhutikhand bus stand in Lucknow under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) as he tried to flee the city.
Earlier, the Karnataka unit of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), a political wing of the Popular Front of India, condemned the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) raids on its members and questioned why the NIA had not yet raided the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its affiliated organizations for “acts of communal hatred.”
On September 22, the NIA arrested over 106 members of the PFI in its largest-ever raids across 15 states.
Bhaskar, State Principal Secretary of the SDPI, said at a press conference, “We condemn the unconstitutional raids by NIA. Why hasn’t the RSS been raided yet? We say that RSS is a non-registered organisation as well as a terrorist organisation. PFI is a registered organisation”.
The SDPI leader called the NIA raids a “ploy” to silence a “strong voice,” and claimed that the government could not prove a single case against the political outfit.
“This is a ploy to suppress a strong voice. They have tried this for years, but they couldn’t prove a single case against SDPI. However, the communal fascist government is constantly carrying out such attacks to create hatred among the people against SDPI and PFI organizations,” the SDPI leader stated.
“The biggest dangerous organization in this country is RSS and its organizations like Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Sri Ram Sena, etc. They are involved in acts of communal hatred. But they are never attacked by the NIA,” the SDPI leader added.
The PFI was formed in Kerala in 2006 by the merger of three Muslim organizations formed following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992: the National Development Front of Kerala, the Karnataka Forum for Dignity, and the Manitha Neethi Pasari of Tamil Nadu. Following the demolition of the Babri mosque, many fringe outfits emerged in south India, and PFI was formed by combining some of them.
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