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HomeIndiaRs 120 crore in bank deposits of PFI and linked entities: ED
Rs 120 crore in bank deposits of PFI and linked entities: ED
Agency tells court about PFI visit to Hathras, brings up Kappan link
Written by Mahender Singh Manral
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New Delhi | Updated: September 25, 2022 8:18:21 pm
Kochi: Popular Front of India (PFI) members after being produced before court following a nationwide raid spearheaded by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday, in Kochi, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (PTI Photo)Hours after it arrested Muhammed Shafeeque Payeth, a leader of the Popular Front of India, from Kozhikode in Kerala, the Enforcement Directorate told a special PMLA court in Lucknow that probes revealed that Rs 120 crore, mostly cash, was deposited over the years in accounts of PFI and related entities and these organisations had been collecting funds for unlawful activities.
In its remand application, the ED told the court that the accused had even planned to form a terrorist gang with the intent to cause disturbance during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Patna on July 12 this year.
In the remand application, the investigation officer said the ED had been conducting investigation against the PFI, its related individuals/entities under the PMLA on the basis of cases registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and other law enforcement agencies.
“Payeth was arrested at 5.35 am on September 22 from his flat in Kozhikode. These cases of the predicate agencies pertain to unlawful activities carried out by PFI and its related individuals/organisations to indulge in criminal conspiracy with an intent to disturb communal harmony, spread terror, incite communal riots, impart training to their cadre to use explosives and weapons, form a terrorist gang and collect deadly weapons and explosive devices to simultaneously launch attacks on many important persons and sensitive locations,” the IO stated.
“Their investigation under PMLA has so far revealed that more than Rs 120 crore have been deposited in the accounts of PFI and related entities over the years, and that a very a large part of the same has been deposited in cash. Investigations have further established that the criminal conspiracy of the PFI in raising/collecting funds through unknown and suspicious sources from within the country as well as abroad,” the IO said.
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