Overview
- The latest order covers ₹67.03 crore in assets that the ED says are beneficially owned and controlled by the banned Popular Front of India.
- With this action, total attachments in the case stand at about ₹129 crore, while the agency has quantified alleged proceeds of crime at ₹131 crore.
- The attached assets include properties registered to Green Valley Foundation, Alappuzha Social Cultural & Education Trust, Pandalam Educational and Cultural Trust, Islamic Centre Trust (Wayanad), Haritham Foundation, Periyar Valley Charitable Trust, Vallavunad Trust, and SDPI land in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Investigators cite seized records alleging PFI ran ‘Physical Education’ programs including arms training at sites such as Valluvanad House, Pattambi, and Malabar House (Haritham Foundation).
- The ED alleges funds were raised in India and from Gulf countries via banking channels, hawala and cash donations, that some SDPI expenses were kept off books in secret diaries, and that 28 people have been arrested including SDPI president M. K. Faizy, with prior attachments confirmed by the PMLA Adjudicating Authority.