PFI probe: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday mentioned that it had seized a portion of a school facility in Maharashtra’s Pune, which it claimed the Popular Front of India (PFI) had used to radicalise Muslim youth for finishing up focused killings of leaders of a group.
The attachment of the 4th and fifth flooring of the Blue Bell School was undertaken on Sunday. The federal anti-terror probe company mentioned in a press release that the PFI was “recruiting” harmless Muslim youth into the outfit on these premises. Further, it was additionally offering them with armed and unarmed coaching to get rid of or assault these opposed to the institution of Islamic rule in the nation by 2047.
PFI was banned in 2022
Last 12 months in September, the PFI was banned and declared an “unlawful association” by the Union authorities after a quantity of its workplace bearers had been raided and arrested by the NIA and different central businesses and state police departments.
The motion has been undertaken beneath the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the immovable asset has been referred to as as “proceeds of terrorism” by the NIA. The motion relates to an FIR filed towards the PFI in April final 12 months and a chargesheet was filed in March this 12 months earlier than a Delhi courtroom and the NIA named 20 entities together with the PFI.
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CBI seizes incriminating doc
“The NIA had conducted a search of the two floors of the school premises on September 22 last year. The agency had seized incriminating documents, which revealed that the said property was used by the accused, found to be associated with the PFI, for organising arms training for its cadres. The training camps served as a platform to incite innocent Muslim youth against the government, as well as leaders and organisations of a particular community,” the company mentioned.
The camps had been additionally used to “inflame their passions” and “provoke” them into embracing violent “jihad”, with the intention of committing terrorist actions, the NIA mentioned.
The company mentioned its probe discovered that the newly recruited PFI cadres had been skilled in the use of harmful weapons, like knives, sickle and so on. for “attacking and murdering” outstanding leaders opposed to the outfit’s ideology of establishing an Islamic rule in India.
“The NIA investigations had earlier revealed that the accused were part of the criminal conspiracy to establish Caliphate and Islamic rule in India by waging war against the country and toppling the democratically elected government. “They had been all recognized as senior PFI cadres/NEC members/ accountant(s)/authorised signatories of PFI’s financial institution accounts,” it added.
(With PTI inputs)
