Archive · 24 Sep 2025
NIA Arrests Ex-PFI Leader in Bihar, Alleging Islamic Nation Plot
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a former leader of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) named Mehboob Alam Nadvi in Bihar.
They say he and others were secretly planning to make India an Islamic country by the year 2047.
Nadvi allegedly recruited and trained people, and was linked to a 2022 plot to disrupt a political event.
The NIA is looking into several groups, like the Darbhanga and Phulwari Sharif modules, that they say are part of this plan.
These groups had secret meetings, collected money, and taught people how to fight.
The goal was to expand the PFI and create an Islamic state.
Mehboob Alam Nadvi, ex-PFI president, was arrested in Bihar for allegedly plotting to make India an Islamic nation.
Nadvi is linked to the 2022 PFI-Phulwari Sharif terror module.
The NIA found documents detailing a plan to transform India into an Islamic country by 2047.
Nadvi recruited Muslim youth and provided weapons training.
The Darbhanga module, established by Yasin Bhatkal, played a role in the conspiracy.
- Who
- Mehboob Alam Nadvi, former PFI president, along with other PFI members and individuals associated with the Darbhanga and Phulwari Sharif modules.
- What
- The arrest of Mehboob Alam Nadvi by the NIA, revealing an alleged plot to convert India into an Islamic country by 2047, as well as the uncovering of related terror modules.
- When
- Nadvi was arrested on September 11, and the investigation followed the ban on PFI in 2022. The initial conspiracy was planned in 2010.
- Where
- Bihar, with activities concentrated in the Seemanchal and Mithila regions, and linked to Darbhanga and Phulwari Sharif modules.
- Why
- To disrupt a political event, expand the PFI network, radicalize Muslim youth, and ultimately establish an Islamic state in India by 2047.
- Arrested
- Mehboob Alam Nadvi, former PFI president
- Location of Arrest
- Kishanganj, Bihar
- Alleged Aim
- Make India an Islamic country by 2047
- Connection
- Linked to the 2022 PFI-Phulwari Sharif Terror Module
- Key Role
- Recruiting Muslim youth, weapons training, fund raising
- Banned Organization
- Popular Front of India (PFI)