According to the officials, nearly 100 people were either arrested or detained during the raids which have been termed as the 'largest-ever investigation process till date'
Trouble for alleged journalist Siddique Kappan began in October 2020 when he set out for Uttar Pradesh with a sinister agenda. Hiding his real identity as
Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its chargesheet filed in PMLA Court has stated that the Popular front of India (PFI) is involved in terror funding, illegal activities like anti-CAA protests, inciting violence in the Delhi riots on social media and making posters related to Babri Masjid, inciting people against NRC and Common Civil Code.
KA Rauf Sherif, a PFI member, received more than Rs 1 crore in his bank account from a Chinese-controlled company. The Chinese link of fundraising also emerged during a PMLA probe in the Hathras case.