PFI a silent killer that triggered violence: Dy CM

Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday that the Popular Front of India (PFI) was a silent killer whose objective was to spread rumours and trigger violence.

Mumbai/Pune: 

Welcoming the Centre’s decision to ban the outfit for five years, he said, “There is enough evidence with government and probe agencies that PFI was sowing seeds of violence. Spreading rumours, raising funds and triggering violence was their objective.”

Citing an instance, he said, “A fake video of a mosque being demolished in a north-east state led to demonstrations in Amravati. It later came to light that the video was from Bangladesh. We shall take all steps to completely shut down PFI and six affiliate organisations. Besides these six frontal organisations, there could be more outfits linked to PFI which shall now be unravelled.”