by Arun Kumar Rao

Bengaluru : The National Investigation Agency (NIA)  carried out raids at the Popular Front of India (PFI) offices and  Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the residences of the office-bearers of these two outfits across the state simultaneously.The raids which began early in the morning were carried out in at least 14 locations in Bengaluru,and other places in karnataka, Mangaluru the district headquarters town of Dakshina Kannada, Sirsi in Uttara Kannada and Kalaburagi According to reports, the raids were conducted after informing the local police according to information received here. As a protest many Muslim youth came near the places where the raid was going on and raised ‘NIA go back’ slogans while NIA officials are conducting raids on residences of the members of Popular Front of India (PFI) in Bengaluru.

NIA officials are conducting raids on residences of the members of Popular Front of India (PFI) in Bengaluru.  The raids have been going on since the early hours of Thursday. According to sources  the raids are being conducted in few places in the city – a flat in an apartment on Kannur Main Road near Bagaluru, a flat belonging to Karnataka president Mohammed Shakib in Richmond Town, a house on Tannery Road.

Police sources said the NIA team detained a few key SDPI and PFI activists, seized documents, literature, computers, laptops and phones as well.