New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday ordered in-camera proceedings in the NIA case against leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI), PTI reported.
Special Judge (NIA) Prashant Sharma, who is hearing arguments on charges against 20 accused PFI leaders, asked media persons to leave the court, saying the proceedings will be held in-camera.
Sources said the court listed the matter for further hearing on January 7.
On December 21, 2025, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had told the court that the PFI was trying to procure arms from neighbouring countries, provide arms training to its cadres and radicalise Muslim youth with a view to establishing a caliphate in India.
In September 2022, the Centre banned the PFI and several of its associates for five years under a stringent anti-terror law, alleging links with global terror groups such as ISIS.
In November, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached eight immovable properties valued at Rs 67.03 crore owned and controlled by the PFI.
The properties were held in the names of various trusts as well as PFI’s political front, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). The attachments were carried out under an order dated November 6.
The properties attached include those registered under Green Valley Foundation, Alappuzha Social Cultural and Education Trust, Pandalam Educational and Cultural Trust, Pathanamthitta, Islamic Centre Trust, Wayanad, Haritham Foundation, Poovanchina, Malappuram, Periyar Valley Charitable Trust, Aluva, Vallavunad Trust, Palakkad, and land belonging to SDPI in Trivandrum.
According to the ED, the agency has already provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 61.98 crore through nine Provisional Attachment Orders (PAOs), which have been confirmed by the Ld. Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). With the present attachment of Rs 67.03 crore, the total assets attached in this case now amount to Rs 129 crore.