The Enforcement Directorate has found a ‘financial link’ between the recent violent Anti-CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh and Kerala-based Popular Front of India. ED suspects that these funds were used by PFI to fuel anti-CAA protests in various parts of UP.
Crux of the Matter
The agency is probing the Popular Front of India (PFI) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) since 2018 and it has found that nearly Rs.120 crores were deposited in bank accounts in western UP after the Act was passed by Parliament.
The ED sources found that the funds deposited in the bank were routed from some foreign shores and then sent in the accounts of certain investment firms. ED has shared these findings with the Union Home Ministry.
The UP police have sought a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI). A National Investigation Agency’s FIR and charge sheet against the PFI had formed the basis for the ED to file a PMLA case against it.
Curiopedia
The Popular Front of India (PFI) is an extremist and militant Islamic fundamentalist organization in India formed as a successor to National Development Front in 2006. It acquired a multi-state dimension by merging with the National Development Front and other organizations. The PFI describes themselves as a neo-social movement committed to empowering people to ensure justice, freedom, and security. PFI claims to work in cooperation with the National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations in a bid to curb human rights violations in the nation. Since its inception, the organization has been accused of various antisocial and anti-national activities. More Info
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