During the NIA and ED raids on the premises of PFI on Thursday as many as 106 leaders and activists of the outfit were arrested on Thursday in near-simultaneous raids in 15 states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country.After a massive crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) by multi-agency teams led by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a bottle filled with inflammable substance was hurled at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office here on Thursday. The BJP workers staged a protest, and the police reached the spot to pacify the protest.

One BJP worker Nandkumar told ANI, “Petrol bomb thrown at our office, this is how terror attacks come, today raids (against PFI) took place at several places, it is the anniversary of Hindu Munnani leader and BJP National president too is in the state

It may be noted here that during the NIA and ED raids on the premises of PFI, as many as 106 leaders and activists were arrested on Thursday in near-simultaneous raids in 15 states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country. The states where the raids were conducted included Andhra Pradesh (4 places), Telangana (1), Delhi (19), Kerala (11), Karnataka (8), Tamil Nadu (3), Uttar Pradesh (1), Rajasthan (2), Hyderabad (5), Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal, Bihar and Manipur.

“These searches were conducted at the houses and offices of top PFI leaders and members in connection with five cases registered by the NIA following continued inputs and evidence that the PFI leaders and cadres were involved in funding terrorism and terrorist activities, organising training camps for providing armed training and radicalising people to join banned organisations,” an NIA statement said.

According to sources, the arrested are PFI national general secretary Anis Ahmed, secretary Afsar Pasha, vice-president Abdul Wahid, former state president Yasar Arafath Hasan, national secretary Mohammed Shakib, former Mysuru president Muhammed Farooq Ur Rahman and state treasurer Shahid Nasir.