Today (22.09.2022), coordinated searches were jointly conducted by the ED, NIA and the State Police forces across India. NIA carried out searches in 93 locations of 15 states of India viz Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal, Bihar and Manipur.
These searches were conducted at the houses and offices of the top PFI leaders and members in connection with 5 cases registered by the NIA following continued inputs and evidence that the PFI leaders and cadres were involved in funding of terrorism and terrorist activities, organising training camps for providing armed training and radicalising people to join banned organisations. RC 3/2022/NIA/HYD, was initially registered as FIR no.141/2022 on 04/07/2022 at Nizamabad PS, Telangana against over 25 PFI cadres, after Telangana Police found that the accused were organizing camps for imparting training to commit violent and terrorist acts with the objective of promoting enmity between different groups on the basis of religion etc.
A large number of criminal cases have been registered by different states over the last few years against the PFI and its leaders and members for their involvement in many violent acts. Criminal violent acts carried out by PFI such as chopping off the hand of a college professor, cold blooded killings of persons associated with organisations espousing the other faiths, collection of explosives to target prominent people and places, support to Islamic State and destruction of public property have had a demonstrative effect of striking terror in the minds of the citizens.
During the searches conducted today morning, incriminating documents, cash, sharp edged weapons and a large number of digital devices have been seized. The NIA has made 45 arrests in these cases. While 19 accused have been arrested from Kerala, 11 have been arrested from Tamil Nadu, 7 from Karnataka, 4 from Andhra Pradesh, 2 from Rajasthan, 1 each from UP and Telangana.
As on date, the NIA is investigating a total of 19 PFI related cases (including the 5 mentioned here).
The details of the accused arrested today in the 5 cases are as follows:
RC 14/2022/NIA/DLI (19 arrests)
KERALA (8)
1. O.M.A. Salam @ O.M. Abdul Salam
2. Jaseer K.P.
3. V. P. Nazarudheen Elamaram @ Nazaruddin Elamaram
4. Mohammed Basheer
5. Shafeer K.P.
6. E AbuBacker
7. Prof. P. Koya @ Kaleem Koya
8. E. M. Abdul Rahiman @ E M
KARNATAKA (7)
9. Anis Ahmed
10. Afsar Pasha
11. Abdul Wahid Sait
12. Yasar Arafath Hasan
13. Mohammed Shakib @ Shakif
14. Muhammed Farooq Ur Rahman
15. Shahid Nasir
TAMIL NADU (3)
16. M.Mohammed Ali Jinnah
17. Mohammed Yousuf
18. A.S. Ismail @ Appamma Ismail
UTTAR PRADESH (1)
19. Waseem Ahmad
RC 41/2022/NIA/DLI (2 arrests)
RAJASTHAN
20. Mohammed Asif @ Asif
21. Sadiq Sarraf Talabpada
RC 42/2022/NIA/DLI (8 arrests)
TAMIL NADU
22. Syed Ishaaq
23. Advocate Khalid Mohammed
24. A.M. Idris @ Ahamed Idris
25. Mohamed Abuthahir
26. S. Khaja Maideen
27. Yasar Arafat
28. Barakathullah
29. Fayaz Ahamed
RC 2/2022/NIA/KOC (11 arrests)
KERALA
30. Najumudeen S/o Muhammed,
31. Sainuddeen T S
32. Yahiya Koya Thangal
33. K Muhammedali @ Kunhappo
34. C T Sulaiman
35. P K Usman @ Pallikkaranjalil Kunjippu Usman @ Usman Perumpilavu
36. Karamana Ashraf Moulavi
37. Sadiq Ahmed
38. Shihas, s/o Hassan
39. Ansari P
40. M M Mujeeb S/o Muhammed
RC 3/2022/NIA/HYD (5 arrests)
ANDHRA PRADESH (4)
41. Abdul Rahim
42. Abdul Wahid Ali
43. Shaik Zafrulla
44. Riyaz Ahmed
TELENGANA (1)
45. Abdul Waris
Further investigations in these cases are in progress.
