In relation to the Kerala PFI case, Rauf, a resident of Chappangathodi House, Karimpulli, in Palakkad, had been missing for a number of months. The 13th accused and general secretary of the outlawed Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala, CA Rauf, was taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday from his home in Pattambi, Palakkad.
In relation to the Kerala PFI case, Rauf, a resident of Chappangathodi House, Karimpulli, in Palakkad, had been missing for a number of months. According to the NIA, the accused is one of the primary conspirators in the case and was handling the media and PR for the PFI’s now-banned state chapter in Kerala.
According to the NIA, Rauf and other PFI office bearers, members, and affiliates in Kerala were allegedly discovered planning to engage in illegal activities with the aim of upsetting public peace and tranquilly and sowing discontent against India. These activities included fostering animosity between people of different religions and groups and carrying out actions that were detrimental to communal harmony.
according to the report “They have also been found propagating alternative justice delivery systems justifying the use of criminal force resulting in alarm and fear amongst the people, encouraging vulnerable youth to join terrorist organisations, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh and Al-Qaida and the conspiracy to establish Islamic rule in India by committing terrorist acts as a part of violent jihad,” the central agency said.
Further inquiries into the situation, according to the bureau, are in progress.
The PFI was arrested over a month after the Centre banned it for the next five years, called it a “unlawful organisation,” and instructed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to “use” their rights under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against the group and its affiliates.
According to the report of Shishir Gupta in Hindustan Times
In September, more than 100 PFI cadres were arrested in multiple raids carried out across the country by the NIA, the Enforcement Directorate and state agencies as well as police forces based on findings about a number of “instances of international linkages of PFI with Global Terrorist Groups like Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)”.
The PFI and its associates are also charged with working covertly to increase the radicalisation of one community by promoting a sense of insecurity in the country, which is substantiated by the fact that some PFI cadres have joined international terrorist organisations.