On Sunday, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh conducted raids in various cities across the state, including Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Varanasi, Azamgarh, Saharanpur, and Ghaziabad. Police officials confirmed the raids and stated that around 70 individuals were detained over alleged links with the Popular Front of India (PFI).
During the raids, two of the accused identified as Parvez Ahmed and Rais Ahmed carrying a bounty of Rs 50,000 each were arrested from Varanasi, said a press note from police. 70 people have been detained following their alleged connection with the Popular Front of India (PFI), and its affiliated organizations and are being interrogated by the ATS, said police. ATS was continuously keeping an eye on the activities of these people, and now interrogating them on the basis of their involvement and activeness in the PFI. ATS is also trying to fetch details of their bank accounts and financial transactions.
ATS has detained a youth from Lucknow’s Vikas Nagar and raided Achramau village in the city’s Bakshi Ka Talab area.
On the other hand, UP’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who is campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka on Saturday urged “nationalistic people” to unite and make the supporters of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) bite the dust in the forthcoming elections in Karnataka.
