ED Raids PFI Chairman’s Premises in Kerala as Part of Money Laundering Probe
Enforcement Directorate raided premises of Popular Front of India (PFI) chairman OM Abdul Salam in connection with a money-laundering probe.
Defence News Bureau | The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided premises including that of Popular Front of India (PFI) chairman OM Abdul Salam in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi in connection with a money-laundering probe, officials familiar with the matter said. Raids are being conducted at 26 locations in nine states: Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi and Maharashtra. The PFI is under investigation for alleged financial links with anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters earlier this year. The ED in January this year submitted a note to the Union home ministry saying there “is a direct correlation between the dates of deposits/withdrawals of money from the bank accounts of PFI and those of demonstrations against the CAA”. Also Read | “We will first capture Kashmir and then invade India from all sides for Ghazwa-e-Hind”: Pak Pacer Shoaib Akhtar “It has been noticed that Rs1.04 crore was deposited in 15 bank account…