Apart from PFI, it's associate organisations - Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CF), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation (NCHRO), National Women's Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala - have also been banned.
Coimbatore: A government notification said the PFI and its affiliate organisations orfronts have been declared "unlawful association" with immediate effect under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
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After two rounds of nationwide raids and arrest of over 240 leaders and functionaries of Popular Front Of India (PFI) in a week, the centre last evening banned the outfit for five years over alleged terror activities.
The government cited the outfit's linkages with Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and said that PFI is involved in several criminal and terror cases.
The notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said PFI and its associates or affiliates have been indulging in unlawful activities, which are "prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country", and that they have the potential to disturb public peace and communal harmony.
It said PFI has been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalise a particular section of the society, and that the outfit shows sheer disrespect towards the constitutional authority of the country.
"With funds and ideological support from outside, it has become a major threat to the internal security of the country," the notification added.
The notification also stated that several criminal activities and brutal murders have been committed by PFI members over the past to create "reign of terror in public mind".
Three states - Karnataka, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh - have recommended a ban on the organisation, the ministry said.
Premises linked to PFI members across 15 states were first raided on September 22, in a coordinated move by National Investigating Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the state police, leading to over 100 arrests.
The second round of nationwide crackdown on the organisation was carried out yesterday. A total of 247 arrests have been made so far, officials said.
Besides PFI, it's associate organisations - Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CF), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation (NCHRO), National Women's Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala - have also been banned.
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After two rounds of nationwide raids and arrest of over 240 leaders and functionaries of Popular Front Of India (PFI) in a week, the centre last evening banned the outfit for five years over alleged terror activities.
The government cited the outfit's linkages with Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and said that PFI is involved in several criminal and terror cases.
The notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said PFI and its associates or affiliates have been indulging in unlawful activities, which are "prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country", and that they have the potential to disturb public peace and communal harmony.
It said PFI has been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalise a particular section of the society, and that the outfit shows sheer disrespect towards the constitutional authority of the country.
"With funds and ideological support from outside, it has become a major threat to the internal security of the country," the notification added.
The notification also stated that several criminal activities and brutal murders have been committed by PFI members over the past to create "reign of terror in public mind".
Three states - Karnataka, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh - have recommended a ban on the organisation, the ministry said.
Premises linked to PFI members across 15 states were first raided on September 22, in a coordinated move by National Investigating Agency (NIA), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the state police, leading to over 100 arrests.
The second round of nationwide crackdown on the organisation was carried out yesterday. A total of 247 arrests have been made so far, officials said.
Besides PFI, it's associate organisations - Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CF), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisation (NCHRO), National Women's Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala - have also been banned.