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Alt News fact-checks ‘pro-Pak’ slogans in Pune. Sakal’s news channel accuses it of ‘misleading people’

The Pune police might have announced that “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans were not raised during a Popular Front of India protest in Pune on September 23, but the media is unconvinced.

Newslaundry · Sep 27, 2022

Shaheen Bagh protest leader detained in crackdown on PFI

Shaheen Kausar, a face of the Shaheen Bagh protest against the Narendra Modi government’s contentious new citizenship law, was among several dozen activists detained in the second round of nationwide raids on the Popular Front of India early Tuesday.

Newslaundry · Sep 27, 2022

30 Suspects Linked To PFI Detained In Delhi After Joint Coordinated Raid

According to Police, the suspects were planning a violent protest on a large scale across the city as well as nationwide. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 27, 2022

U.P. ATS arrested six PFI members during raids in Varanasi and Meerut

They have been arrested under various Sections of IPC and UAPA

The Hindu · Sep 25, 2022

LDF Govt. ‘hand-in-glove’ with PFI: Javadekar

The complete lawlessness in Kerala during the sudden hartal announced by Popular Front of India (PFI) on Friday is proof that the CPI(M) government in Kerala is “hand-in-glove” with the organisation,  former Union Minister and BJP MP, Prakash Javadekar, said here on Saturday.

The Hindu · Sep 24, 2022

Did PFI protesters shout ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans in Pune? Police say no

Times Now reported on Saturday that members of the Popular Front of India had shouted “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans during a protest in Pune against the arrest of their comrades a few days earlier. The offending slogans, the TV news channel claimed, were shouted at the collector’s office near Sassoon Hospital…

Newslaundry · Sep 24, 2022

NIA's pan-India crackdown on PFI code-named 'Operation Octopus'

The largest-ever crackdown that was conducted against the Popular Front of India (PFI) members spread across 15 states was code-named "Operation Octopus", sources said on Saturday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 24, 2022

The Popular Front of India, its origins, presence, and controversies

The members of the “neo-social” organisation have been at the centre of multiple controversies in the last decade, from alleged organisation of arms training camps to money laundering probes

The Hindu · Sep 24, 2022

FIR charges PFI of ‘waging war against State’, names 19 persons

The FIR alleges that the organisation runs an “organised conspiracy to radicalise Muslim youth towards violent acts of extremist nature”, imparting training in using lethal weapons and deputing them to “undertake targeted attacks on persons having a certain religious and socio-political lineage”

The Hindu · Sep 23, 2022

Kerala HC deems PFI’s flash hartal as contempt of its order; initiates suo motu action

High Court also ordered the police to take steps to prevent damage to public property

The Hindu · Sep 23, 2022