Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 31: In connection with the Popular Front of India (PFI) Phulwarisharif case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at around 25 locations on Wednesday in Karnataka, Kerala, and Bihar.
Raids were still being conducted at the homes of suspects connected to the conspiracy involving PFI’s leaders and cadres engaging in violent and illegal activities, who had assembled for that purpose in the Phulwarisharif area of Patna.
In the earlier stages of the current investigation, which was originally reported on July 12 last year at Phulwarisharif police station in Bihar’s Patna district and re-reported by the NIA on July 22 last year, six people were detained and numerous incriminating articles and documents pertaining to PFI were confiscated.
The NIA also raided eight locations in Motihari, Bihar, on February 4–5, arresting two individuals who had organised the weapons and ammunition to carry out the murders. Tanveer Raza alias Barkati and Md Abid alias Aryan were among those detained.
The NIA then stated that a target execution reconnaissance had already been carried out and that Yakoob, a PFI Trainer who had been leading training sessions for PFI cadres, had been given the weapons and ammunition.
Yakoob, the PFI trainer, allegedly posted an offensive and provocative Facebook video a few days ago with the intention of upsetting peace and community harmony.
“Other users of Facebook had commented and trolled this post abusively. The absconding accused Yakoob and two arrested accused had identified some of them and had conspired to execute the killing of the targeted person,” the NIA had said earlier.
With the earlier arrests, the NIA claimed to have discovered and dismantled a PFI module planning targeted murders and upsetting communal harmony.
