A day after the Union Home Ministry Popular Front of India banned (PFI) For 5 years, Twitter on Thursday took down its profile together with its leaders. Facebook and Instagram additionally shut down the group’s official accounts.
On Twitter, the place the group had greater than 80,000 followers, it confirmed that the account had been blocked in India following a authorized demand. Similar notices have been additionally seen on the accounts of its president OMA Salam and normal secretary Anees Ahmed.
Official Twitter deal with of PFI.
On Wednesday, after invoking the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to provide impact to the ban, the house ministry stated that the PFI and its allies linked to terrorist teams like ISIS, “propagate anti-national sentiments… a radicalize the particular section of the society with the intention of creating dissatisfaction” and “a great threat to the internal security of the country”.
Stating that it was “necessary to curb the nefarious activities” of the organisation, the MHA requested PFI to “unlawful association with its affiliates or associates or fronts including Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI)”. “Declared. All India Imam Parishad (AIIC), National Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), Rashtriya Mahila Morcha, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehabilitation Foundation, Kerala”.
Within hours of the ban, the PFI introduced that it was dissolved. A Abdul Sattar, normal secretary of PFI Kerala, stated, “As law abiding citizens of the country, we accept the home ministry’s decision.”
based on a residence ministry paperwork, The ban has been imposed within the wake of over 1,300 felony circumstances registered towards PFI members by regulation enforcement businesses throughout the nation. These embody crimes associated to the killing of leaders linked to Hindu organisations, organizing suspected terror camps, alleged radicalization of youth and hyperlinks with overseas terrorist organizations such because the Islamic State.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
