Massive NIA crackdown on PFI for terrorism, radicalisation, raids underway across India

The NIA carried out searches at multiple locations in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.

In a major crackdown against the Popular Front of India (PFI), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at multiple locations in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and other states. This is the largest crackdown by the probe agency on PFI and its related links across the country.

These searches are being conducted in the residential and official premises of persons involved in funding terrorism, organising training camps and radicalising people to join proscribed organisations. More than 200 NIA officers and members of raid team carried out the searches.

In the past few days, the NIA has registered more than a dozen cases related to PFI links. According to NIA sources, in recent days, the agency has raided more than 100 places in connection with the PFI links in the country.

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On September 18, the NIA raided multiple locations across different districts in Andhra Pradesh and members of PFI were picked up for questioning in connection with instigating violence and illegal activities. Officials also raided a house in Telangana's Nizamabad district and issued a notice to a man to visit the NIA office in Hyderabad. As many as 23 teams of NIA officials simultaneously conducted searches in Nizamabad, Kurnool, Guntur and Nellore districts.

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