Police activity has increased in several parts of Delhi following a crackdown on PFI. (representative)
New Delhi:
After the five-year ban of the Center on the Popular Front of India (PFI), the Delhi Police is on high vigilance to maintain law and order.
Police activity has increased in various parts of Delhi. Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) in several districts have also taken to the streets to take stock of the situation.
The Northeast district, where the 2020 riots took place, has a mixed population of communities. Recently, five people associated with PFI were arrested by the Delhi Police from the area.
Speaking to ANI, DCP Sanjay Kumar said: “We are in alarm mode. We are ready to deal with any situation. The Northeast District has been placed under active yellow settlement, orange settlement and red settlement.
An exercise was held today in the Northeast District to verify the effectiveness of the Yellow Scheme, which is intended to resolve any problems in the district.”
In the yellow scheme, teams of ACPs and SHO go to the site of disruption immediately after receiving a message. At the same time, another spare part comes into force. Vajra, water cannon and other resources are also moving to the target point, the official said.
Now if the situation worsens in one police station area, the Orange plan will be implemented in 3-4 police station areas. The red scheme becomes active when the entire district is affected.
According to the Delhi police, additional police forces will also be deployed in sensitive areas of the national capital so that immediate action can be taken in the event of an untoward incident.
North West District DCP and other District DCPs patrolled their respective jurisdictions.
Days after the arrest of more than 100 PFI executives in multiple raids across the country linked to the PFI executives by the National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and government agencies, as well as the police, the Center issued an injunction against the outfit and its affiliates with “immediate effect”.
The central government has instructed all states and the Union Territories (UTs) to exercise the powers of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against the group and its affiliates.
In addition to PFI, the state governments and administration in UTs have been asked to use the powers of UAPA against its employees or affiliates or fronts including Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala. These PFI affiliates have also been banned by the Center under UAPA for five years.
The Center’s notification clearly stated that the ban has been imposed on PFI and its associates for “indulging in illegal activities that harm the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country and may disrupt the public peace and communal harmony of the country.” “. and supporting militancy in the country.
The Center issued the ban citing its agencies’ investigations, saying “the investigations have established clear links between PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts”.
It is also accused that “some of the founding members of the PFI are the leaders of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and that PFI has ties to Jamat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), both of which are banned organizations”.
The Center’s action also cited agency findings on a number of “examples of PFI’s international ties to global terrorist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)”.
The PFI and its associates are also being charged with covertly increasing the radicalization of a community by promoting a sense of insecurity in the country, which is confirmed by the fact that some PFI executives have joined international terrorist groups. organizations.”
The PFI is further accused of involvement in various criminal and terror cases and of sheer disregard for the country’s constitutional authority.
With outside funding and ideological support, the PFI and its affiliates have been further accused of becoming a major threat to the country’s internal security.
The PFI came into existence on December 9, 2006. Three South Indian Muslim fundamentalist groups — the National Development Front (NDF), Kerala; the Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD), Karnataka; and the Manitha Neethi Pasarai (MNP), Tamil Nadu – renamed the ‘South India Council’ (a Bangalore-based organization founded by NDF in 2004) as the ‘People’s Front of India’.
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