Lucknow, Sep 22 (IANS) Raids on locations related to Popular Front of India (PFI) are being carried out in eight places in Uttar Pradesh.
Mohammad Waseem, resident of Indira Nagar in Lucknow, has been taken away by the NIA sleuths, according to official sources.
Waseem runs a tailoring shop and digital documents were recovered from his possession during the raid.
NIA has also raided locations in Varanasi, Barabanki and Bahraich.
In Varanasi, the central agency raided places in Jaitpura and Adampur and two persons were taken into custody.
In Bahraich, one Nadeem, said to be the treasurer of PFI, was also detained.
The local police in these districts feigned complete ignorance about the raids.
ADVT
India
NIA raids 8 locations in UP
MORE India ARTICLES
Another PMC Depositor Dies As Family Couldn’t Withdraw Money For His Heart Surgery
Since the scam broke out, the aggrieved PMC Bank depositors have been carrying out a series of protests in the city, lodging police complaints and filing court cases against the bank management.
Another PMC Depositor Dies As Family Couldn’t Withdraw Money For His Heart Surgery
TV Debates In Public Places Banned In Ayodhya
Anticipating deterioration of the law and order situation and to maintain communal harmony ahead of the Supreme Court's final verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case
TV Debates In Public Places Banned In Ayodhya
Kartarpur Highway Renamed As Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg
Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Friday said the national highway from the Indo-Pak border through the Kartarpur corridor to the holy city of Sultanpur Lodhi had been renamed as Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg by the NDA government.
Kartarpur Highway Renamed As Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg
Rahul Gandhi Targets PM Modi, Says India Is Facing Worst Unemployment Rate
Gandhi said former PM Manmohan Singh toiled hard to raise the economy rate but Modi ruined it during the past five years.
Rahul Gandhi Targets PM Modi, Says India Is Facing Worst Unemployment Rate
Yogi Bans Mobile Phone In UP Colleges, Universities
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has banned the use of mobile phones in colleges and universities in the state.
Yogi Bans Mobile Phone In UP Colleges, Universities
Landslide BJP Victory Expected In Haryana, Big Win In Maharashtra
The BJP is projected to get a landslide victory in Haryana and a big majority in alliance with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra in the October 21 Assembly elections, according to IANS-CVoter pre-poll survey.