Newsinc24 Team Raids were conducted in various States on Tuesday by security agencies in the cases related to the Popular Front of India (PFI). The Delhi Police conducted searches in Nizamuddin, Shaheen Bagh, and other areas of the city, based on the inputs from Central Agencies. The Police said more than 30 people have been arrested. In Assam, security agencies arrested 25 members of the PFI from various districts of the state. Police sources said that the raids were following registration of fresh cases in several districts. 10 PFI leaders and members were arrested from Goalpara district and five from Kamrup district.
20 PFI members have been arrested in the raids carried out by the Maharashtra state police. Among them, 13 PFI members have been arrested from Aurangabad, seven from other parts of Marathwada region and one from Solapur. Those arrested are also holding the post of secretary in the PFI. The ATS had been keeping a watch on PFI members. Karnataka State Police also raided district level PFI offices and residences of its activists. Over 40 PFI District Presidents and activists have been into custody. Police sources said that action is taken to prevent any untoward incident following news of violence by PFI cadre in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. 21 PFI workers have been detained from across Madhya Pradesh so far and 10 in Gujarat.The NIA had arrested over 106 members of the PFI during its largest-ever raids spread across 15 states on September 22. Law enforcement agencies, however, say PFI is promoting radical Islam and recruiting for terror outfits.
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