Kerala advocate from banned Popular Front of India (PFI) arrested

(Right side) Advocate Mohammed Mubarak

New Delhi – A member of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The arrested advocate Mohammed Mubarak is a resident of Edavanakkad in Ernakulam District. A spokesperson for the NIA said this is the 14^th arrest in this case after 56 locations in the State were raided recently by the agency.

Mohammed Mubarak A I, a resident of Edavanakkad in Ernakulam district, was the fourteenth person to be arrested in the case, subsequent to searches conducted at 56 locations in the state on Thursday. #NIA #Kerala #PFI https://t.co/GMCBvZUjbJ

— Deccan Herald (@DeccanHerald) December 30, 2022

Mubarak is an instructor with PFI’s martial arts and hit squad (assassination squad). He practices law in the Kerala High Court. (How is it that a member, jihadi, and instructor of a hit squad of a banned jihadi terrorist organisation is also a lawyer ? – Editor). Several weapons including axes, swords, and sickles concealed in a badminton racket bag were seized from his house in a raid. The NIA spokesperson added, “Investigations have revealed that the PFI trained and maintained hit squads in different States and Districts to target leaders and members of other communities.”

(Credit : TIMES NOW)

Editorial Viewpoints

• In order to eradicate the activities of jihadi terrorist groups, banning is not enough. It is also essential to take action against their ground-level members and this is now clear from the past few incidents. Government agencies must make persistent efforts to eradicate the existence of PFI.
• It is an example that no matter how much education people in a particular society receive, their fanaticism remains and they participate in destructive activities. Note that atheists and progressives do not utter a word on such issues.