Hyderabad, Sep 19 (Bureau) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted searches at multiple locations in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in a case registered against Popular Front of India (PFI) in Nizamabad by the Telangana police on July 4 which was later taken over by the NIA. During the searches conducted by the NIA, incriminating materials, including digital devices, documents, two daggers, cash Rs 8,31,500 have been seized. Four persons have been detained for questioning, a NIA release said. The case was initially registered as FIR no.141/2002 on July 4 at Nizamabad police station in Telangana.
During investigations by the state police, four accused –Abdul Kader, Sheikh Sahadulla, Mohd Imran and Mohd Abdul Mobin were arrested by the Telangana police. Later the case was re-registered by NIA on August 26, 2022. The release said NIA today conducted searches at 38 locations in Telangana (23 in Nizamabad, 4 in Hyderabad, 7 in Jagtial, 2 in Nirmal,1 each in Adilabad and Karimnagar districts).In Andhra Pradesh, it conducted searches at 2 locations –one each in Kurnool and Nellore districts) in the case relating to Abdul Khader of Nizamabad district, Telangana and 26 other persons. The accused were organizing camps for imparting training to commit terrorist acts and to promote enmity between different groups on the basis of religion. Further investigations in the case are in progress, the release added.