The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on September 22, 2022 morning took A.S. Ismail, national executive committee member of the Popular Front of India (PFI), into custody from Coimbatore.
NIA sleuths carried out a search in Ismail's residence at Karumbukadai here on Thursday morning and took him into custody.
Armed personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force were deployed around his residence during the operation.