Ban On PFI: Central Government Banned PFI For Five Years

Ban On PFI: Central government banned PFI for five years, and 8 affiliated organizations were also banned under UAPA.

The Central Government has declared the Popular Front of India (PFI) an illegal organization. The government has banned PFI for a period of five years.

In this ban imposed by the Center, all the affiliates and all fronts of the institution have been declared illegal.

Apart from PFI, the government has also supported Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imam Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), Rehab Foundation Kerala National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India. Foundation has also been banned.

This move of the government has made it clear that organizations intending to harm the country in any form will not be spared.

Ban on PFI: The action continues against PFI.

Due to the apprehensions of PFI being involved in anti-national activities, government agencies had cracked down on the institution for the last several days.

The ED and the NIA raided all the places of the organization across the country, due to which there was a huge protest. On Tuesday also, the government’s action against PFI continued.

Yesterday, local police and anti-terrorist squads in seven states raided PFI-linked locations and detained more than 170 people associated with it.

Many of them were also arrested after interrogation. Earlier on Thursday, raids were conducted at 93 places in 15 states under the leadership of NIA.

The raids started on Monday night.

The documents found in the raids against the PFI on Thursday and the information received after the interrogation of the arrested accused were shared with the states.

Based on this, local police and anti-terrorist squads conducted simultaneous raids on Monday-Tuesday midnight in seven states – Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra, Assam, and Madhya Pradesh.

The raids started at around 12.30 pm and were completed by morning at most places. In this action, a maximum of 75 people have been detained from Karnataka.