Govt bans Popular Front of India for 5 years on linkage with terrorist groups

The Ministry of Home Affairs said some of the PFIs founding members are the leaders of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and PFI has linkages with Jamat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), both of which are proscribed organisations. There had been a number of instances of international linkages of PFI with Global Terrorist Groups like Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to the ministry's notification.

via Economictimes