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ED probing acquisition of foreign assets by PFI
The Hindu
After seizure of documents in raids
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating the "acquisition" of some foreign assets, including a bar-cum-restaurant in Abu Dhabi, by Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders after the seizure of some documents in recent raids on its members in Kerala as part of a money laundering case, the agency said on Saturday.
The raids were carried out on December 8 at the residences of Shafeeque Payeth, a member of the PFI and its linked outfit Social Democratic Party of India at Peringathur in Kannur; Abdul Razak B.P., PFI divisional president of Perumpadappu, Malappuram; Ashraf M.K., alias Tamar Ashraf/Ashraf Khader, a PFI leader based in Muvattupuzah, and the office premises of Munnar villa vista project at Mankulam in Munnar, the ED said in a statement.