Chennai, March 9 (BPNS)
The Director-General of Police (DGP), Tamil Nadu on Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that permission is denied to the ‘Unity march’ to be conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI), in Kancheepuram, Salem, Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai, and Tenkasi districts between March 10 and 13th.
Justice Jagdish Chandra of Madras High Court recorded the submission and closed as infructuous a petition filed by Advocate Y. Shoukath Ali Mohammed of Chennai. The petitioner had sought direction from the DGP to restrain the PFI cadre from taking out the march on the ground that might disturb the communal peace and harmony.
In his petition, Advocate Mohammed said that he was an advisor to the Sufi Islamic Board which he claimed was a front against jihadi terrorism. He also accused the PFI of having links with Turkish jihadist group IHH.
He also claimed that E. Aboobacker and P. Koya, two frontline leaders of the PFI were privately hosted by the IHH, whose Turkish name stands for the Foundation for Human Rights and Freedom and Humanitarian Relief. The petitioner also claimed that it was an al- Quaeda linked charity.
The complainant also alleged that the PFI is linked to the 2011 Mumbai blasts, the 2012 Pune bombings, and the 2013 Hyderabad Dilsukhnagar attack. He also said that the organization shared the ideology with the Muslim Brotherhood, an international terror organization based in Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.
The petitioner’s counsel sought the attention of the court and said that the PFI might take out the march despite the denial of permission by the police, the judge said that the law will have to take its own course in such a situation.
The judge said that the police would naturally initiate appropriate action if there was any defiance.
