Popular Front of India protests Jharkhand's ban

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

A day after the Government banned the Popular Front of (PFI) in the state, the party workers on Friday staged a massive protest outside the Bhavan in

The PFI was banned for allegedly spreading anarchy in the state.

"From last six months, the PFI has come to a limelight as we providing legal support to the victims of mob lynching and cow vigilante in the state.

We fight against the fringe elements those try to tarnish the social fabric of our society. Since we have been fighting those fringes the has implemented a ban on our party," a told ANI.

Earlier on Thursday, the police raided a training centre of the PFI in Pakur district of the state.

The police also seized the party's banners, stamps and other documents.

The PFI, which was banned under Section 16 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908, is an extremist and militant Islamic fundamentalist organisation in formed as a successor to the Development Front (NDF) in 2006.

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First Published: Fri, February 23 2018. 19:30 IST
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