The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested the 13th accused in the Kerala PFI case, CA Rauf.
The accused was absconding and hails from Chappangathodi House, near Karimpulli Masjid, Karimpulli, Maruthur, Pattambi Police Station, Palakkad in the case, the NIA said.
The case relates to the Popular Front of India (PFI), it’s office bearers, members and affiliates in Kerala who have been found conspiring to indulge in unlawful activities, such as creating enmity between members of different religions and groups, and carrying out activities prejudicial to communal harmony with the intention to disrupt public peace and tranquility and cause disaffection against India.
“They have also been found propagating alternative justice delivery systems justifying the use of criminal force resulting in alarm and fear amongst the people, encouraging vulnerable youth to join terrorist organisations, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh and Al-Qaida and the conspiracy to establish Islamic rule in India by committing terrorist acts as a part of violent jihad,” the NIA said in a statement.
The arrested accused was the PFI State Secretary and was handling its Media and Public Relation (PR) Wings in Kerala and is one of the main conspirators in the case. Further investigations in the case are in progress, it added.