NIA: PFI carried hit list, including former judge

The national agency’s disclosure was revealed in an order of a special NIA court in Kochi on June 11, rejecting the petitions for bail by two accused in the case of the murder of RSS leader Srinivasan in April 2022. The murder, allegedly carried out by PFI workers, was one of the crimes that led to the nationwide ban by the Union government on the extremist outfit in 2022.

The NIA prosecutor told the special court in Kochi that the PFI had three wings — “Reporters Wing”, “Physical and Arms Training Wing” and “Service Wing/Hit teams”. The “India 2047” agenda of the PFI was to eliminate those that go against the interests of the outfit, he said.

“Therefore, PFI through their secret ‘Reporters wing’ collected and maintained the personal details of the people of other community, including their position, name, age, photo etc. The same is established through the seizure of various hit lists prepared by PFI cadres through their secret wing called ‘Reporters wing’,” the order read.