New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force (UP STF) conducted searches at Popular Front of India's (PFI) Shaheen Bagh office on Sunday. The organization's flag and many other objectionable items have been recovered in the raid.
Various other premises of PFI in Delhi were also raided by the officials.
These raids were held in connection with a case lodged at the police station in Mathura. The raids were conducted after UP STF questioned PFI youth leader Rauf Sherif.
He was detained by the Enforcement Directorate in las December from Trivandrum airport in connection with a money laundering case. Sherif was also wanted by the Uttar Pradesh Police for fueling the anti-CAA and NRC protests and in connection with the Hathras case.
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The STF has made a list of some suspected targets and is raiding the related sites. The agency claims that anti-national activities are being conducted at these bases.
Uttar Pradesh STF Inspector General Amitabh Yash told reporters, "A probe by the STF is underway in a case registered in Mant police station of Mathura. Based on the information retrieved during interrogation, search and seizure is being done in the offices of PFI and CFI located in Delhi."
The Uttar Pradesh government has been demanding a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI), accusing it of inciting riots in the state during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
(With PTI inputs)
