The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought details of at least 15 bank transactions carried out by the Popular Front of India (PFI) as part of its money-laundering probe against a Kerala-based NGO, Asian Age reports on March 26. “It is suspected that PFI received foreign funds through multiple front organisations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. These suspicious banking transactions (at least 15) are under the scanner of ED,” a source said.
A recent finding related to violent protests in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) indicated a suspected "financial link" with the PFI, they added. The agency has found that at least INR 1.04 crore was suspected to be deposited in several bank accounts linked to PFI between December 4, 2019 and January 6, 2020 in various parts of the country.