The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at a location in Kollam district of Kerala and arrested Mohammad Sadik, who was working as a ‘reporter’ for the PFI in the Kerala PFI case.
“Investigations have revealed that the PFI had assigned the job of a ‘reporter’ to the accused, Mohammed Sadik. A ‘reporter’ in the PFI system collects details about leaders of other communities for possible targeting by ‘Hit Squads’ of the PFI,” the NIA said in a statement.
The searches were conducted in connection with the activities of PFI, its office bearers, members and affiliates in Kerala, for conspiring to indulge in unlawful activities, by creating enmity between members of different religions and groups prejudicial to maintenance of the peace and communal harmony. The NIA is also probing the role of the outfit for encouraging vulnerable youth to join terrorist organisations, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Daesh and Al-Qaida and conspiracy to establish Islamic rule in India by committing terrorist act as a part of violent jihad, the agency said.
The case was suo-motu registered by the NIA Kochi on September 19. Sadik is a resident of House No. 1, Manalezhuthu Thata, Chavara, Kollam.
During the searches, digital devices and several incriminating documents have been seized from the house of the accused. Further investigations in the case are in progress, it added.