New Delhi: Delhi court extended on Monday for three days, with ED custody of SDPI state president MK Faizy in a case of suspected money laundering related to the banned popular Front of India (PFI). Other meeting judge Chander Jit Singh has expanded custody on the EDS plea, demanding that custody be extended for five days.
On March 4, the court dispatched Faizy to detain at a request from the Enforcement Bureau (ED) for trial and face him with him to discover the traces of currency in the case and conspiracy. The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) was allegedly founded in 2009 and headquartered in Delhi, it is said to be the political front for the now banned PFI.
In an application seeking 10-day detention, ED allegedly Faizy is running away. The defendant objected to the application, saying the funds were transferred before the PFI was declared illegal. “How did the defendant know that the government will declare it illegal, so this can prevent the transaction,” the defense lawyer said.
Faizy was held from Delhi International Airport on the evening of March 3 under the Money Laundering Act. ED is said to be the “political front” of PFI, and the center was banned in September 2022 as an “illegal association”. Prior to the ban, multiple investigative agencies, including ED, NIA and other state police teams, conducted simultaneous raids and enforcement operations on the PFI.
However, SDPI denies any such links and calls itself a standalone clothing. According to SDPI, Faizy is one of the founders of the organization and was elected president of the country in 2018. He was an Islamic scholar and political observer and served as the mosque IMAM in the 1980s.
According to officials from the investigative agency, the group has a “strong” impact on various pockets in Kerala and Karnataka, as well as some other southern states. ED, as part of a 2022 investigation into PFI, connects Faizy with Kerala-based PFI leader Abdul Razak BP, who allegedly transferred Rs 20 lakh to the SDPI national president as part of his organization’s fundraising campaign.
