The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police arrested six members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and also reportedly recovered “objectional material”, said an official on Saturday. The ATS has arrested four people from Meerut namely Mohammad Sajid, a resident of Kairana Mamor, Mohammad Shadab Aziz Qasmi, who hails from Sonta Rasulpur in Shamli, Mohammad Islam Qasmi and Mufti Shahzad, while two people have been nabbed from Varanasi named Mohammad Shahid and Rizwan Ahmed from Kajjakpura railway crossing in the city.
The police have registered a case under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 121-A (waging war against the country), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion and race), 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 505 (2) (making statements conducing to public mischief) and Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in the Kharkhoda police station of Meerut and the Adampur police station in Varanasi, respectively, against the suspects.
