Published: June 5, 2026 ⢠10:34 PM IST · Updated: June 6, 2026 ⢠6:21 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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A Delhi court on Friday (June 5, 2026) ordered the framing of charges against 25 people associated with the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), including its chairman, holding that the investigation so far has disclosed a āgrave suspicionā of a conspiracy to overthrow Indiaās secular democratic government and establish an Islamic caliphate governed by Sharia law by 2047. Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma of the Patiala House Courts directed that charges be framed under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the accused including PFI chairman O.M.A.
Salam, vice-chairman E.M.
Abdul Rahiman, general secretary Anis Ahmed, founding chairman E.
Abubacker, founding PFI Executive Council (NEC) member P.
Koya, NEC member Mohammed Ali Jinnah and several other national and State-level functionaries.