Popular Front of India

Shamnad had been absconding for nearly three years. He was arrested from Ernakulam after a sustained manhunt by NIA.

The NIA's investigation into the Ramalingam murder case has spanned several years. At different intervals, the investigative agency achieved significant breakthroughs in the case. The matter was officially transferred to the NIA on 7th March 2019, following which the central investigative agency re-registered the case.

MEC 7 is particularly popular in Northern Kerala, especially in Kozhikode and Muslim-majority Malappuram districts.

Kerala High Court quashed a defamation case against Bharat Prakashan, ruling that the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) lacks legal status to claim reputational harm.

The bail was granted as the Supreme Court declared, "bail is the rule and jail is the exception" even in special cases.

The report by Malayalam media outlet Janmabhumi read that the members of the PFI hit squad were individually selected and coached by PFI's 'think tank' Siddique Kappan to kill the BJP leaders

Mohammad Ghaus Niazi was a big face of PFI. He was allegedly involved in the murder of 35-year-old RSS leader Rudresh in Bengaluru in 2016.

NIA arrested the prime accused of 2010 hand-chopping case of a professor over blasphemy accusations after 13 years.

The letter, which was said to have been written by PFI gave Jatav time up to 31st December to close his store in the market and embrace a fair price in exchange. It stated clearly that the three stores that Jatav owns in the market belong to the minority community and threatened him to shut them up. 

Shine Kumar had previously claimed that he was assaulted and tortured by PFI extremists in Chanapara near Kollam on September 24.