NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was conducting search operations at many locations in Bihar on Thursday, including Chhapra, Darbhanga, Arriya, Muzaffarpur, and Patna, in connectoin with the Phulwari Sharif case. The raids were conducted as part of the investigation into a purported terrorist cell connected to the Popular Front of India (PFI).

It was found that PFI members had really offensive content. The group was accused of operating arms training camps under the pretext of martial arts instruction with the goal of establishing a "Islamic State by 2047" in India. The NIA later took up the investigation. The NIA is reportedly searching Salim Akhtar's home in Nalanda and Ehsan Parwez's home in Arriya.

On July 28, the NIA carried out raids in the Bihar districts of Patna, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Nalanda, and Madhubani, recovering digital evidence.

Following instructions from the Union Home Ministry, the NIA re-registered the case on July 22 under sections 120, 120B, 121, 121A, 153A, 153-B, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The first charge was filed with Police Station Phulwari Sharif on July 12. The Bihar Police have discovered connections between PFI members and SIMI, a prohibited organisation.

In this case, the police had identified about 26 suspects and had detained five people. The results of the police investigation had suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was their target.

Athar Parvez and Mohammed Jalaluddin were taken into custody by Patna Police in the Phulwari Sharif region. Later, at their request, three additional suspects, Margoob Danish, Arman Malil, and Shabbir, were taken into custody. They are accused of brainwashing Muslim teenagers while conducting a terror module.

Parvez reportedly belonged to SIMI and had been training young people. In connection with the Patna Gandhi Maidan bombing that occurred in 2013 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hunkar Rally, Manjar Alam, Parvez's brother, had been detained. Alam took part in the explosion in Bodh Gaya as well. He is currently being held by authorities.
Mohammed Jalaluddin is also reportedly said to be a member of SIMI. The police have said that they had tried to execute terror strike during the PM's rally.

From Jalaluddin and Parvez, the authorities had retrieved sensational documents that said they would turn India into an Islamic state by the year 2047.

Both on the pretext of providing physical training to youths, were brainwashing them in Patna. They were allegedly provoking Muslim youths against the Hindu community.

Special Task Force busts gang that sold drugs using Bitcoin in UP

Both suspects are killed after a manhunt in Canada for a stabbing spree

Fed up with Muslim village head's harassment, Dalits forced to migrate