PFI wanted to turn India into Islamic state by 2047: Maharashtra ATS

Maharashtra AntiTerrorism Squad has claimed the Popular Front of India PFI banned by the Centre last year aimed to establish the rule of Islam in India by 2047 and also had plans to obtain weapons and ammunition with the help of foreign countries or other organisations to achieve their targetsThe ATS stated this in its chargesheet filed in a local court last week against five PFI members who were arrested last year for allegedly indulging in unlawful activities and waging a war against the countryThe state ATS arrested the five PFI members Mazhar Khan Sadiq Shaikh Mohammad Iqbal Khan Momin Mistry and Aasif Hussain Khan following raids my multiple agencies across various states in September last yearThe accused have been charged under Indian Penal Code sections for promoting enmity between different groups and conspiring to commit certain offences against the state as well as provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention ActIn the chargesheet filed on February 2 the ATS claimed to have seized a document called India 2047 towards rule of Islam in IndiaAlso Read Bombay HC paves way for MumbaiAhmedabad bullet train project dismisses plea of Godrej amp Boyce against land acquisitionThe seized document as per the ATS provides a roadmap for members of the group PFI to overturn the governmentWe dream a 2047 where the political power has returned to the Muslim community from whom it was unjustly taken away by the British Raj The roadmap towards this first starts with the socioeconomic development of Muslim community for which a separate roadmap was already provided in the name of Empower India Foundation the document said as per the chargesheetiquestFor this one needs to repeatedly remind the Muslim community of its grievances and establish grievances where there is none All our frontal organisations including the party should be focused on expanding and recruiting new members the document statedThe chargesheet said the PFI wanted to create a split among several communities by projecting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS as an organisation interested only in the welfare of upper caste HindusThe accused had held several training courses in order to achieve their targets the ATS saidThe chargesheet also claimed another document was found from the devices of the accused Iqbal which gave details of their plans for expansion in MaharashtraIn the said document names of all the five accused were mentioned as members who were scheduled to take final class the chargesheet statedThe organisation PFI had plans to obtain weapons and ammunition with the help of foreign countries or other organisations to achieve their targets the ATS claimedThe Centre in September 2022 banned the PFI and several of its associates for five years under a stringent antiterror law accusing them of having links with global terror groups like ISIS and trying to spread communal hatred in the countryBefore the ban the National Investigating Agency NIA the Enforcement DirectorateED and various state police forces had carried out raids in a massive panIndia crackdown on the PFI and arrested several of its leaders and activists from various states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever