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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has attached 35 immovable properties valued at Rs. 56.56 crore on October 16, 2024, and another 16 immovable properties valued at Rs. 21.13 crore on April 16, 2024, in connection with the case filed against the Popular Front of India (PFI) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The investigation revealed that PFI was conspiring and raising funds from within India and abroad through banking channels, Hawala, donations, etc., for committing and financing terrorist acts across India. The total amount of proceeds of crime is Rs. 94 crore, out of which Rs. 26 members and cadres have been arrested by ED.
The investigation also revealed that PFI had over 13,000 active members in Singapore and Gulf countries, and had formed well-defined District Executive Committees (DECs) for the Non-Resident Muslim diaspora living in the Gulf Countries, which were tasked with collecting funds. The funds raised abroad were transferred to India through circuitous banking channels, as well as through underground hawala channels.
The real objectives of PFI include forming an organization for carrying out an Islamic movement in India through Jihad, although it masquerades itself as a social movement. The investigation found that the methods of protest employed by PFI are violent in nature and include steps to prepare for civil war, methods of cruelty and subjugation, and economic threats.
The properties attached by ED include several buildings, lands, and wetlands registered under various trusts, individuals, and companies owned by PFI. The total attachment amounts to Rs. 61.72 crore, and further investigation is underway.
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