After Centre bans PFI, Gujarat Police seal madrasa linked with outfit

Name: After Centre bans PFI, Gujarat Police seal madrasa linked with outfit
Uploaded: 2022-10-01T00:49:38+05:30
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Description: The Minister of Home Affairs has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates for the next five years for having "terror links".

The Minister of Home Affairs has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates for the next five years for having "terror links".

TN National Desk

Updated Oct 1, 2022, 00:49 IST

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As per the Home Ministry notification, a ban has been imposed on PFI and its fronts for "indulging in unlawful activities, which are prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country and have the potential of disturbing public peace and communal harmony of the country and supporting militancy in the country"
Abdul Sattar, the PFI Kerala state general secretary, announced the dissolution of the outfit following the ban.
"All PFI members and the public are informed that the PFI has been dissolved. The MHA has issued a notification banning PFI. As law-abiding citizens of our great country, the organisation accepts the decision," he said

Vadodara: The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and the Vadodara Police on Friday sealed a madrasa connected to the Popular Front of India (PFI).

"We conducted a search in a madrasa where AIIC (All India Imams Council) meeting took place and sealed it, trustees are being questioned," said the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Crime.

Earlier this week, the Centre banned the PFI, its associates, and affiliates with immediate effect for a five-year span under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

In a notification issued late on Tuesday night, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared "the PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts as an unlawful association with immediate effect".

A ban has also been imposed on PFI's fronts, including the National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), National Women's Front, Junior Front, Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala.

In the notification, it was clearly stated that the PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts have been banned for "indulging in unlawful activities, which are prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country and have the potential of disturbing public peace and communal harmony of the country and supporting militancy in the country".

"In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. 1967 (37 of 1967), the Central Government hereby declares the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates or affiliates or fronts including 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 as an 'unlawful association'," reads the notification.

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