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Modi please ban them soon & take my vote forever.
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NIA cites 4 terror probes against PFI, MHA mulls ban
Bharti Jain| TNN | Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 08:38 IST
NEW DELHI: In sync with home ministry's efforts to build a fresh case for banning Popular Front of India over alleged involvement of its cadres in terror cases, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has shared details with the ministry of four terror probes where cadres of PFI and its political arm Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) were chargesheeted or convicted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The four cases relate to chopping of a professor's palm in Kerala's Idukki district; holding of a training camp in Kannur from where NIA allegedly seized swords, country-made bombs and ingredients for making IEDs; murder of RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru and the Islamic State Al-Hindi module case in which attacks were plotted in south India.
Based on its probe findings, NIA has claimed that PFI pursues a strategy aimed at communalising Indian polity, enforcing Taliban brand of Islam, heightening existing social divisions and maintaining a trained bank of volunteers for physical actions.
"PFI had consistently been indulging in actions detrimental to overall national security," NIA said while blaming the hardline outfit for seeking to impose religious orthodoxy on Muslims and using sister outfits like Sathya Sarani based in Malappuram to carry out "forceful conversions", with the most recent cases being that of Akhila Asokan and Athira Nambiar in which PFI women's wing chief Sainaba A S name figures.
The dossier pointed out that many of PFI's founding leaders were associated with SIMI before it was banned. This includes former PFI chairman E M Abdurahiman, who was all-India general secretary of SIMI in 1980-81 and 1982-93, PFI national vice-chairman P Koya who was with SIMI in 1978-79 and SDPI president E Aboobacker who was Kerala state president of SIMI in 1982-84, among others.
According to NIA, PFI — which has presence in 23 states and is strongest in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka — has a well oiled-machinery to meet its violent ends. "The outfit has squads of trainers and experts in making crude bombs and IEDs, an intelligence wing...and action squads to run unlawful and violent activities. It has clandestine training centres...where training in martial arts and indoctrination is given," states the dossier.
PFI leader P Koya denies NIA's reported observations. "PFI believes in identity politics but does not work on sectarian lines. In our 20-25 years, there have been just a couple of cases of sedition/UAPA linked to PFI," he stated.
Koya said the outfit had condemned and disowned cadres behind the Professor's palm-chopping. "Even in Kannur training camp case, the high court set aside conviction of 21 PFI cadres. There were no bombs there but only wooden structures aimed at depicting human physiology for our fitness workshops," he said. said. "PFI only trains its cadres in fitness and self-defence," he said.
On SIMI roots of PFI leaders, Koya reminded that the association preceded SIMI ban. On Sathya Sarini, he said it was only imparting Islamic education to the willing who were free to decide on converting to Islam.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...st-pfi-mha-mulls-ban/articleshow/60417361.cms
NIA cites 4 terror probes against PFI, MHA mulls ban
Bharti Jain| TNN | Updated: Sep 8, 2017, 08:38 IST
NEW DELHI: In sync with home ministry's efforts to build a fresh case for banning Popular Front of India over alleged involvement of its cadres in terror cases, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has shared details with the ministry of four terror probes where cadres of PFI and its political arm Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) were chargesheeted or convicted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The four cases relate to chopping of a professor's palm in Kerala's Idukki district; holding of a training camp in Kannur from where NIA allegedly seized swords, country-made bombs and ingredients for making IEDs; murder of RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru and the Islamic State Al-Hindi module case in which attacks were plotted in south India.
Based on its probe findings, NIA has claimed that PFI pursues a strategy aimed at communalising Indian polity, enforcing Taliban brand of Islam, heightening existing social divisions and maintaining a trained bank of volunteers for physical actions.
"PFI had consistently been indulging in actions detrimental to overall national security," NIA said while blaming the hardline outfit for seeking to impose religious orthodoxy on Muslims and using sister outfits like Sathya Sarani based in Malappuram to carry out "forceful conversions", with the most recent cases being that of Akhila Asokan and Athira Nambiar in which PFI women's wing chief Sainaba A S name figures.
The dossier pointed out that many of PFI's founding leaders were associated with SIMI before it was banned. This includes former PFI chairman E M Abdurahiman, who was all-India general secretary of SIMI in 1980-81 and 1982-93, PFI national vice-chairman P Koya who was with SIMI in 1978-79 and SDPI president E Aboobacker who was Kerala state president of SIMI in 1982-84, among others.
According to NIA, PFI — which has presence in 23 states and is strongest in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka — has a well oiled-machinery to meet its violent ends. "The outfit has squads of trainers and experts in making crude bombs and IEDs, an intelligence wing...and action squads to run unlawful and violent activities. It has clandestine training centres...where training in martial arts and indoctrination is given," states the dossier.
PFI leader P Koya denies NIA's reported observations. "PFI believes in identity politics but does not work on sectarian lines. In our 20-25 years, there have been just a couple of cases of sedition/UAPA linked to PFI," he stated.
Koya said the outfit had condemned and disowned cadres behind the Professor's palm-chopping. "Even in Kannur training camp case, the high court set aside conviction of 21 PFI cadres. There were no bombs there but only wooden structures aimed at depicting human physiology for our fitness workshops," he said. said. "PFI only trains its cadres in fitness and self-defence," he said.
On SIMI roots of PFI leaders, Koya reminded that the association preceded SIMI ban. On Sathya Sarini, he said it was only imparting Islamic education to the willing who were free to decide on converting to Islam.
