ED arrests SDPI chief MK Faizy under alleged money laundry charges
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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the national president of SDPI (Social Democratic Party of India), MK Faizy, from the Delhi International Airport in an alleged money laundering case. SDPI is the political arm of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), Hindustan Times reported.
Faizy was arrested on Monday night under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The arrest came after ED’s raids on Faizy’s residence in Kerala on February 28.
The Ministry of Home Affairs banned PFI and its eight affiliate organisations on September 28, 2022, under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). This was after a nationwide crackdown by the central agency along with the National Investigation Agency (NIA), leading to arrests and recovery of purported incriminating documents from the premises of the PFI’s office bearers.
According to the Centre’s claims, the banned organisations were involved in fuelling radicalisation and terror funding.
Since 2021, ED has arrested 26 members of the organisation, including its senior office bearers, and nine charge sheets have been filed against them.