SDPI, PFI has used different names in the Middle East countries to raise funds for illegal activities Exclusive

Last update:06 March 2025, 14:37 Ist

The investigations revealed that SDPI and PFI used allias to raise global funds for illicit activities. MK Faizy from SDPI was arrested under PMLA. The funds were transferred through Hawala.

The investigation revealed that PFI and SDPI maintained the party’s organization relationship in the Gulf countries. (Representative image: PTI)

The global development under different names served as a strategy for raising funds for illicit activities, including Jihad, for the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the Popular Front of India (PFI), revealed the investigations. The revelation appeared after the execution direction (ED) arrested him on the national president of SDPI, MK Faizy, in accordance with the Law on Money Laundering (PMLA).

According to sources, global disclosure involved the use of different allias from the countries of the Middle East to request funds, which were then transferred through Hawala and other hidden methods.

Research revealed that PFI and SDPI have maintained a party organizing relationship in the Gulf countries, functioning as IFF (Indian Fraternity Forum) and ISF (Indian Social Forum). IFF worked under the PFI, while ISF worked under SDPI. These members of the overseas organizations have contributed to the collection of funds, especially through Ramadan Collection (RC) units.

PFI and SDPI leaders frequently traveled in these countries, obviously for various reasons, but their true goal was to attend ISF and IFF meetings. These foreign funds did not reflect in their accounts, which indicates the transfer through illegal channels by Hawala.

A document recovered during a search for the Kerala’s headquarters of the PFI revealed details about a meeting in Bahrain, where an SDPI leader emphasized the need for labor and resources. The fundraising objectives were attributed to Saudi Arabia area units.

The evidence suggested that the PFI expenses in the name of SDPI, as documented in confiscated materials, have not been reflected in the bank accounts of the PFI. These funds, used to finance the SDPI activities, were characterized as “funds for Jihad”.

The PFI has collected these funds from foreign countries, first of all the nations of the Gulf, as part of a criminal conspiracy to support the violent and terrorist activities of India. The funds were also raised locally under the pretext of the Ramadan collection.

The agencies state that the financing of the PFI of the SDPI has been realized using suspicious, undisclosed and uncontrolled funds, which are income of the crimes. This Modus operandi did not provide any money route.

Because these cash expenses come from funds collected by criminal conspiracy, they are considered income of the crime. SDPI has received these funds, fully aware of the illicit fundraising activities of the PFI.

The crime of the PFI financing of the SDPI is still highlighted by using cash transactions, avoiding the banking records. This deliberate attempt to hide the money route allowed SDPI to refuse to receive the PFI funds.

The PFI presented as a non-political organization, oriented towards well-being, using SDPI as a front for its political agenda. Despite the claims of independence, the investigations have exposed the organic connection, with the SDPI functioning as the political wing of the PFI, financed and controlled by the latter.