PFI banned For 5 Years Over: Criminal Cases & IS terror Links

PFI banned, Criminal Cases & IS terror links : With immediate effect and for a period of five years, the Center has proclaimed the Popular Front of India (PFI) and any of its affiliates, partners, or fronts to be unlawful associations.

Highlights on PFI banned:

• Criminal Cases & IS terror links: PFI notified
• PFI activists joined IS and took part in terrorist acts in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan
• Indian Government has proclaimed the Popular Front of India (PFI)
• PFI cadres were detained by state police and federal authorities
• MHA Notified against Terror
• The MHA stated, detailing criminal cases that had connections to PFI
• PFI has been working covertly to increase the radicalization of one community
• PFI has committed violent crimes
• PFI members have participated in a number of terrorist attacks
• Banking systems, hawala, and contributions
• The PFI was able to raise money from both domestic and international sources

Links to World Terror:

According to the MHA, PFI had a number of occasions when it had connections to foreign terrorist organizations like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). According to the notification, several PFI activists joined IS and took part in terrorist acts in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

It continued that some of these PFI cadres who were affiliated with IS were slain in these areas of fighting and that other PFI cadres were detained by state police and federal authorities.

In addition, Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a designated terrorist organization, is connected to PFI, said MHA.

According to MHA, PFI has been working covertly to increase the radicalization of one community by fostering a sense of unease throughout the nation.

MHA Notified against Terror:

According to MHA, PFI has been working covertly to increase the radicalization of one community by fostering a sense of unease throughout the nation. Members of PFI have joined global terrorist organizations. The Center stated in its statement that PFI’s involvement in numerous criminal and terrorism cases exhibits “sheer disdain” for the nation’s constitutional authorities.
The MHA stated, detailing criminal cases that had connections to PFI, “With financial and ideological support from outside, it has become a huge threat to the internal security of the country.”

PFI has committed violent crimes include the amputation of a college professor’s limb, the cold-blooded murder of members of organizations that support other religions, and the acquisition of explosives to attack well-known individuals and locations.

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Cases list against PFI:

PFI members have participated in a number of terrorist attacks and the death of several people, the most of them were from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. According to the MHA, the killings of Sanjith (Kerala, 2021), V Ramalingam (Tamil Nadu, 2019), Nandu (Kerala, 2021), Abhimanyu (Kerala, 2018), and Praveen Nettaru (Karnataka, 2022) among others, were committed only for the purpose of upsetting the peace in the community.

Funding for Popular Front of India PFI:

Through banking systems, hawala, and contributions, the PFI was able to raise money from both domestic and international sources. According to MHA, the extreme group used these monies to engage in a number of illegal, criminal, and terrorist operations in India.

States affected by Popular Front of India PFI:

More than 250 members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and those connected to it were apprehended on Tuesday after extensive police operations against the group in multiple states.
In NEW DELHI: The Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates, affiliates, or fronts—named precisely eight of them—were declared by the Central government on Wednesday to be a “unlawful organization” for a term of five years under Section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The ban comes days after a nationwide, coordinated crackdown against the PFI by the National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate, and various state/UT police was carried out in cases relating to terrorist activities, funding for terrorist activities, training for terrorist activities, and radicalization of vulnerable individuals by leaders and cadres of the outfit.

The eight “associates, affiliates or fronts” of PFI also banned as “unlawful association” are Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala.

The ban was recommended by the state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat, the Centre stated in the notification banning PFI and its fronts.

Summary of why PFI banned:

PFI and numerous other related organizations were prohibited for five years by the Center. According to the notification, some PFI activists joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and participated in terrorism there. According to the MHA, it committed violent crimes in India, including amputating a college professor’s arm.