The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court in Kochi on December 20 that members of banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala were in touch with Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda leaders and also had a hit list of people belonging to other communities, reports Hindustan Times. According to an NIA investigation, PFI ran a secret wing of "Reporters" (informants) that gathered information about community leaders in order to compile a list of "targets." This was revealed in a report that the agency submitted to the NIA Court in Kochi in an effort to obtain further time to finish the investigation into the PFI's activities in Kerala, further reports The New Indian Express. The investigation revealed suspicious transaction of funds used for unlawful activities