A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) secured district president of the Popular Front of India (PFI) Shaikh Ayejaz Ali and PFI State committee member Shahid Naseer from their residence at Tipu Sultan Chowk in Kalaburagi on Thursday and detained them.
The 15-member team of NIA reached Ali’s residence at around 3.30 a.m. and, along with the local police, carried out a raid till 8.30 a.m.
The team not only questioned Ali and his family members for five hours but also carried out a search operation at his house. The team confiscated some documents related to PFI and recovered ₹14 lakh in cash from Ali’s house.