By way of PTI
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested 4 activists of the proscribed Well-liked Entrance of India (PFI) from Panvel within the neighbouring Raigad district, an respectable mentioned on Thursday.
The ones arrested come with a neighborhood member of the banned outfit’s state growth committee, a neighborhood unit secretary and two different staff, he mentioned.
The ATS had explicit details about a gathering of 2 functionaries of the PFI and a couple of staff in Panvel, even because the organisation has been banned by way of the Govt of India, the respectable mentioned.
Accordingly, an ATS workforce carried out a seek in Panvel, positioned about 50 km from Mumbai, and apprehended the 4 PFI activists, he mentioned.
After wondering, all 4 have been positioned underneath arrest in a case registered on the Kalachowki unit of the ATS in Mumbai underneath segment 10 of the stringent Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, the respectable mentioned.
Additional probe into the case is on, he added.
The federal government had closing month banned the PFI and a number of other of its friends for 5 years, accusing them of getting “hyperlinks” with world terror teams like ISIS.
Greater than 250 other people allegedly connected with the PFI have been detained or arrested in raids throughout a couple of states closing month.
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested 4 activists of the proscribed Well-liked Entrance of India (PFI) from Panvel within the neighbouring Raigad district, an respectable mentioned on Thursday.
The ones arrested come with a neighborhood member of the banned outfit’s state growth committee, a neighborhood unit secretary and two different staff, he mentioned.
The ATS had explicit details about a gathering of 2 functionaries of the PFI and a couple of staff in Panvel, even because the organisation has been banned by way of the Govt of India, the respectable mentioned.
Accordingly, an ATS workforce carried out a seek in Panvel, positioned about 50 km from Mumbai, and apprehended the 4 PFI activists, he mentioned.
After wondering, all 4 have been positioned underneath arrest in a case registered on the Kalachowki unit of the ATS in Mumbai underneath segment 10 of the stringent Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, the respectable mentioned.
Additional probe into the case is on, he added.
The federal government had closing month banned the PFI and a number of other of its friends for 5 years, accusing them of getting “hyperlinks” with world terror teams like ISIS.
Greater than 250 other people allegedly connected with the PFI have been detained or arrested in raids throughout a couple of states closing month.