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India cracks down on Muslim group for ‘anti-national activities’ | |
2022-09-28 | |
[Dawn] Indian authorities detained scores of members of a Moslem organization on Tuesday, accusing them of violence and anti-national activities. The arrests follow a crackdown earlier this month on the Popular Front of India (PFI)
The PFI has condemned the detentions and related raids as harassment and held street protests. "This is nothing but prevention of the right to democratic protests against the central government’s witch-hunt targeting PFI and is quite natural and expected under this autocratic system," PFI said on Twitter on Tuesday after what it called "massive arrests". Police in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh said they detained 57 persons linked to the PFI on Tuesday because of " Similar detentions were made in the northeastern state of Assam, its chief minister told news hounds, days after he asked for a ban on the PFI. Earlier this month, the federal National Investigation Agency raided locations in the states of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and detained some PFI members, accusing them of organising training camps to "commit terrorist acts" or being involved in "anti-national activities". The PFI has supported causes like street protests against a 2019 citizenship law that many Moslems see as discriminatory. Moslems account for 13 per cent of India’s 1.4 billion people and many have complained of marginalisation under the rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. The party denies the charges and points to data that all Indians irrespective of religion are benefiting from Modi’s focus on economic development and social welfare. Related: Popular Front of India: 2022-09-23 Nearly 100 arrested in NIA's 'largest-ever' raids in 11 states over terror funding charges Popular Front of India: 2022-07-15 Retired cop among two arrested in Bihar for plotting to target PM Modi Popular Front of India: 2022-03-16 Karnataka HC upholds Hijab ban: A look at countries where veils are barred Related: Uttar Pradesh: 2022-09-23 Nearly 100 arrested in NIA's 'largest-ever' raids in 11 states over terror funding charges Uttar Pradesh: 2022-08-03 As Al-Qaeda scouts for new chief, Indian agencies worry about an Islamic State spillover Uttar Pradesh: 2022-07-16 Ghazwa-e-Hind to Hinduphobia: The larger goal Islamists want to achieve Related: Assam: 2022-09-23 Nearly 100 arrested in NIA's 'largest-ever' raids in 11 states over terror funding charges Assam: 2022-09-19 They stay among you to kill you: Ansarul Bangla Team could be India’s biggest threat Assam: 2022-07-28 Terror's road map to south India: Infiltrate, migrate, aggravate | |
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