The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one Umar Sheriff alias Umar Juice, a resident of Tamil Nadu’s Madurai on December 14 in connection with a criminal conspiracy by the Popular Front of India (PFI) to carry out terror activities in the country, reports The Print. The accused was arrested for conspiring and indulging in unlawful activities, such as creating enmity among different groups on grounds of religion and carrying out activities prejudicial to communal harmony with the intention to disrupt public peace and tranquillity and cause disaffection against India.
NIA officials told “Investigations have revealed that the arrested accused Umar Sheriff had to organise several physical training courses, classes, and demonstrations with deadly weapons to the cadres of Popular Front of India (PFI) in Madurai to achieve the objective of PFI.” NIA further informed that swords, spears, kattari, curled blades (Surul), metal chains, shields, nunchakus and knives were recovered from the possession of the accused.