Banned Outfit PFI Carried Hit List Of Hundreds, Including Former Judge: NIA

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that the banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) maintained detailed hit lists, including a former district judge in Kerala, as part of its alleged terror operations, the Hindu reported.

This disclosure was made in a special NIA court order in Kochi on 11 June.

The NIA court had rejected the bail pleas of two accused in the 2022 murder of RSS leader Srinivasan in Palakkad.

The NIA is probing criminal cases involving cadres of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI).

The NIA prosecutor told the court that PFI operated three secret arms:  the “Reporters Wing,” “Physical and Arms Training Wing,” and “Service Wing/Hit Teams.”

These functioned under its wider agenda, called India 2047, which aimed to eliminate individuals seen as threats to the outfit.

“PFI through their secret ‘Reporters wing’ collected and maintained the personal details of the people of other community, including their position, name, age, photo etc. The same is established through the seizure of various hit lists prepared by PFI cadres through their secret wing called ‘Reporters wing’,” the order read.

According to the agency, these lists were compiled at the district level and passed up the hierarchy.

The data included private details and daily routines of targeted individuals, often community leaders, and was updated regularly.

The information was eventually passed on to the outfit’s “Service Wing” to execute attacks as and when decided by the leadership.

The NIA said it recovered multiple hit lists: one with 240 names from accused Sirajudheen; another with five names, including a former judge, from Abdul Wahab; a third with 232 names from accused-turned-approver Muhammed Sadik; and a list of 500 names from absconding accused Ayoob TA.

The agency said victims, including Srinivasan, were not killed due to personal enmity but were "selected solely because of their leadership/membership to a particular community and were killed to create terror in society."

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