NIA conducts raids in Kerala linked to PFI revival, funding

 

 

 

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out coordinated early-morning raids across multiple districts in Kerala on Wednesday as part of an ongoing probe into suspected efforts to revive the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and alleged financial support for extremist activities. The searches began in the pre-dawn hours and targeted the residences and offices of former office-bearers of the PFI and its political wing, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).

 

The action followed intelligence inputs suggesting that funds were being mobilised clandestinely to sustain banned organisational activities and to facilitate extremist operations. In Thrissur district, NIA officials conducted a search at the residence of a top SDPI leader in Chavakkad. This leader had earlier served as a district-level leader of the PFI and was reportedly subjected to a detailed inspection of his digital devices and banking records. Officials reached his house at around 4 a.m., and the operation was led by a special NIA team from Kochi.