Kerala: NIA attaches PFI controlled Green Valley Academy
BJP Kerala president K Surendran said that NIA's confiscation of Green Valley Academy at Manjeri is a slap on the face of the LDF government in Kerala.
BJP Kerala president K Surendran said that NIA's confiscation of Green Valley Academy at Manjeri is a slap on the face of the LDF government in Kerala.
The raids led to the seizure of digital data containing information related to the accused persons involved in the attack on the High Commission and other incriminating documents and evidence.
As per the NIA, the PFI had been using the property for "imparting arms training, physical training, and training on use and testing of explosives to its cadres, identified to be part of their ‘Service Wing’."
The accused, Faizan Ansari alias Faiz, was arrested after searches at his house and rented accommodation in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh as part of NIA's crackdown against modules of ISIS operating in the country.
Three others, who were convicted by the court on Wednesday, were sentenced to three years of imprisonment under various charges.
Official sources said the simultaneous raids began on Wednesday night at 56 places spread across Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kozhikode, Kannur and Malappuram districts.
The case pertains to a criminal conspiracy to carry out terrorist and subversive activities hatched by cadres and OGWs of various terror outfits and their affiliates operating at the behest of their Pakistani handlers.
The NIA said a secret wing had a state-wide network and was responsible for data collection and the preparation of the list of targets. This secret service was based in the PFI offices.
Police on Monday registered cases against 3,000 people for vandalizing Vizhinjam police station and attacking policemen on Sunday.
The party alleged that Mann was colluding with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to destroy the federal structure of the country.