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Patna, July 14: Two people, including a retired Jharkhand police officer, were detained by Bihar Police on suspicion of having ties to the extremist group Popular Front of India (PFI). Bihar police claimed to have busted a “potential terror module indulging in anti-India activities” by arresting both of them.
Late on Wednesday, both of them were taken into custody in Patna’s Phulwari Sharif area.
“The arrested persons have been identified as Mohammad Jallauddin, a retired Jharkhand police officer, and Athar Parvez. They have links with PFI. Jallauddin was earlier associated with Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI),” said Phulwari Sharif Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Manish Kumar.
Accused incl a retired police officer of Jharkhand, Mohd Jallauddin along with a former member of SIMI who is also current member of PFI&SDPI, Athar Parvez arrested. Parvez's younger brother went to jail in 2001-02 bomb blasts in state after SIMI was banned:Bihar SSP Manish Kumar pic.twitter.com/3y5vBlwJiI
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2022
The ASP said that some offensive materials related to Islamic extremism had been taken from its possession.
Incriminating documents, including one with the heading “2047 India Towards Rule of Islamic India,” were discovered by the authorities during the raid. Additionally, 25 PFI flyers were found among them.
#WATCH | An excerpt from 8-page long document they shared amongst themselves titled 'India vision 2047' says, 'PFI confident that even if 10% of total Muslim population rally behind it, PFI would subjugate coward majority community & bring back the glory': Bihar SSP Manish Kumar pic.twitter.com/MIId3qUXZE
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2022
