Assam govt to write to Centre to ban PFI: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that government will write to centre to ban Popular Front of India (PFI) as outlawed organisation. Assam police is investigating the role of PFI in the anti Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) violent protest on December 10 and 11.

Earlier Sarma has alleged role of PFl and students wing - the Campus Front of India (CFI) for violence outside state Secretariat. "Ever since we crackdown on PFl violent protest ceased. Our police have got electronic evidences of PFI involvement and we have given it to the Central Forensic Laboratory in Guwahati for analysis." He added, "PFI claims that it's a democratic organisation however the people in this organization talk in code language. We have evidences that they were using codes. This is very doubtful. Experts are trying to decode the language."

He further added that once the forensic report of the electronic evidences is received and if there is something incriminating government will immediately urge for banning the organisation. Earlier PFI's state President Aminul Islam and publicity incharge Mohhamad Muzamil Haque were arrested in connection with a case in Rangia.