During the raids, the agency seized hoards of digital devices and bank transaction details, at the premises of the PFI suspects in the case relating to unlawful activities by the suspects. “Incriminating documents related to PFI and Indian currency of face value of ₹1 lakh has been seized,” said NIA in a statement.
Investigations have revealed that the accused, along with other suspects, were operating from the rented premises in Phulwarisharif for carrying out criminal activities on behalf of PFI. They had worked as physical education trainers for the recruited cadres of PFI. It is also suspected that even after the ban on PFI, its cadres continued to be involved in promoting the outfit’s ideology and its nefarious, unlawful and anti-national activities.
Thirteen persons have so far been arrested in the case related to training of PFI cadre in Phulwarisharif, Patna, on July 6-7, 2022, along with other suspects. A total of 60 locations have so far been searched for collecting credible evidence in the case, which was initially registered at Phulwarisharif in Bihar.
The case was later re-registered by NIA on July 22, 2022. The agency filed a chargesheet against four accused on January 7, 2023. One of these raids took place in Muzaffarpur district where an NIA team, assisted by the local police, raided the house of one Mohammad Saquib in Ankhauli village of Katra block.
In adjoining East Champaran district, where suspected PFI operative Irshad was arrested last month, an NIA team raided the house of one Sajjad Ansari in Kunava village of Chakia sub-division. The raid at the house of Shariq Raza in Urdu Bazar locality of Laheria Sarai began at 4 am and continued for several hours. In Shankarpur village of Singhvada police station area, an NIA team raided the house of one Mohammad Mahboob, a local politician. Notably, the houses of two other suspected PFI operatives, Mohammad Mustaqim and Mohammad Sanaullah had been raided by the agency in the past.
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