GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 4th Oct. Four people allegedly linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested by Delhi Police under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
This is the first arrest of a PFI member in the national capital since the organization was declared illegal by the Centre on September 28. Previously, Delhi Police raided PFI units in six districts of the city, detaining 33 people suspected of being associated with the group.
A senior police officer confirmed that four members of the outlawed outfit were arrested in a case filed under the UAPA at the Shaheen Bagh police station in Delhi’s southeast district.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (PRO) Suman Nalwa said on September 29, a case under IPC sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) along with section 10 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was registered at Shaheen Bagh police station following certain information against proscribed organisation PFI and its other associates and fronts.
“During investigation, four accused persons named Md Shoaib, Habib Asgar Jamali, Abdul Rabb and Warish were arrested,” she said.
On September 28, the central government declared the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates – Rehab India Foundation (RIF), All India Imams Council (AllC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO), and others – to be unlawful associations for alleged terrorist activities.
According to the FIR, in a gazette notification dated September 29, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora declared and notified that some addresses in Shaheen Bagh, Abul Fazal Enclave, and Jamia Nagar were used for the purposes of carrying out unlawful activities of the PFI and its associates or affiliates.
Even after the said proscription and notification, reliable information has been received that certain leaders, members and associates of the referred unlawful associations, in continuation of their unlawful activities, are secretly conspiring to disrupt public order with the ultimate objective of targeting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India, the FIR stated.
“The leaders, members and associates of the proscribed unlawful association/s are, in continuation of their unlawful activities, conspiring further to cause massive disruption of public order by promoting communal enmity and for the purposes, are mobilising supporters for spreading incitement at various places of worship, the FIR further said.
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