New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday searched nine places across Kerala in the 2022 case of jihadi criminal conspiracy and acts of the proscribed unlawful association Popular Front of India (PFI).

During the operation, the anti-terror agency seized digital devices and documents, along with other incriminating materials linked to the PFI and its associate and affiliate organisations.

The case registered by the NIA in September 2022 relates to PFI's criminal conspiracy and acts to spread the idea of violent jihad in India with the aim of dismembering and taking over the country by establishing Islamic Rule by 2047.

As per NIA investigations, PFI leaders and cadres had conspired to create a communal d...