The now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI) was planning to bring Islamic rule in India by 2047 and was telling the community that Muslims were not safe in India, said Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) chief Vineet Agarwal. The ATS will now focus on preventing the organisation from emerging again under a different name.

The Islamic group, which was banned by the Centre on Wednesday, was planning to wage a war against India by misguiding Muslim youths, claiming atrocities on the community, he said. It had asked the people of the Muslim community to stock weapons in case of an emergency.