NIA arrests Kerala High Court lawyer in PFI case

The spokesperson said that an assortment of arms, including an axe, swords and sickles, concealed in a badminton racquet bag, were seized from his house during the searches.

“Investigations confirmed that the PFI was raising, training and maintaining hit squads in different states and districts to target leaders and members of other communities,” the spokesperson said.

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In a major crackdown against the PFI in Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at 56 locations across 12 districts at the residences of seven state executive committee members and as many zonal heads of the PFI.

Houses of 15 physical training instructors or trainers and seven members trained in using knives, daggers, swords and other types of weapons to carry out murderous violent acts were also searched, the official said.

The crackdown also covered 20 other suspects in connection with the case which was registered suo-motu on 19 September.

Earlier, the NIA had conducted searches at 24 locations in Kerala, including at the offices of the PFI and residences of 13 accused, on 22 September.

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