New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 40 locations in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, against the Popular Front of India (PFI) and detained four people.
The agency conducted searches at 38 locations across six districts in Telangana and at 2 locations in Andhra Pradesh in the case relating to Abdul Khader of Nizamabad district in Telangana and 26 other people (PFI case).
According to NIA, they seized incriminating materials, including digital devices, documents, two daggers, and cash of Rs 8,31,500 in the raid being conducted since Sunday morning, also stated the detention of 4 people for questioning.
As per NIA, the accused were “organizing camps for imparting training to commit terrorist acts and to promote enmity between different groups based on religion.”
During investigations by the Nizamabad Police Station in Telangana, four accused namely, Abdul Kader, Sheikh Sahadulla, Md Imran, and Md Abdul Mobin were arrested by Telangana Police. Later, the case was re-registered by the NIA on August 26.
One Abdul Khadar, 52, a resident of Autonagar, Nizamabad, along with 26 people were accused in the NIA First Information Report (FIR) which mentions that they along with others conspired to wage war against the Government of India.
“In pursuance of the criminal conspiracy, they recruited the members of Popular Front of India (PFI), organized camps for imparting training for committing terrorist acts. They formed an unlawful assembly and promoted enmity between different groups based on religion and were involved in activities disrupting sovereignty and territorial integrity of India,” the FIR mentions.
The case was earlier registered by Nizamabad Police Station in Telangana under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and section 13(1)(b) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Abdul Khader and 26 people and others relating to some anti-national activities in a house located at Auto Nagar near Osmania Masjid, Nizamabad.
“On searching the house, one Flexi with the name of Popular Front of India (PFI), bamboo sticks, whiteboard, non-chaks, one podium, note-books, handbooks, and other materials were seized by Telangana Police. This amounts to a conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India,” the FIR reads.
(With ANI Inputs)
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