The NIA has stated that the Islamist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI), had plotted to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Patna.
Youth were being trained from Telangana, Andhra and other states to create terror and violence in the country apart from eliminating PM Modi in the public meetings.
In addition, the ED claimed that the PFI was preparing terror modules and other attacks.
The PFI was also involved in the acquisition of terrorist modules, lethal weapons, and explosives for use in assaults on critical locations and individuals in UP.
The ED in its remand note against PFI member Shafiq Payeth, who was arrested in Kerala, made a shocking assertion that the PFI had organized a training camp to attack PM Modi during his visit to Patna on July 12 this year.
It is worth remembering that in October 2013, militants linked with the Indian Mujahideen, who, like the PFI, are members of the banned Students Islamic Movement in India (SIMI), bombed PM Modi’s rally.
The ED also revealed data of Rs 120 crore collected by the PFI over the years, largely in cash, and how the money was used to foment riots and terror attacks across the country.
