All India Imam Council's Maharashtra Chief Maulana Irfan Daulat Nadvi arrested in raids on PFI

Mumbai, Sept 27: As the raids against the Popular Front of India ( PFI ) are underway in various states of the country, including Maharashtra, the Nashik Police Crime Branch on Tuesday (Sept 27) arrested the All India Imam Council's state chief Maulana Irfan Daulat Nadvi along with a member of the organization.

 

 

 

 

The raids are underway by the central agency and state anti-terror squad at various locations in the state including Thane, Nashik and Malegaon. "All India Imams Council state chief Maulana Irfan Daulat Nadvi and PFI member Rashid Shahdain Shaheed Iqbal taken into custody by Nashik Police Crime Branch u/s 151 late last night," said Police Inspector Hemant Patil on Tuesday (Sept 27).

 

 

 

 

 

"Around 40 people linked to PFI have been detained from Aurangabad, Solapur, Amravati, Pune, Thane and Mumbai so far. This entire operation has been carried out by the state's local police with inputs from a Central Agency. All inquiries are underway," said Maharashtra Police. Pune Police officials informed that the police detained six persons with links to SDPI and PFI from the Kondhwa area today morning. Further details are awaited.

 

 

The raids are also being conducted in five other states and Union Territories which include Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. As many as 25 PFI leaders and members have been arrested so far in the raids in Assam's Kamrup Rural, Goalpara, Karimganj, Udalguri, Darrang, Dhubri, Barpeta, Baksa. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the operation against the organization are expected to be intensified.