New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said that they have arrested an accused, absconding for the past three years in a Popular Front of India (PFI) case, on arrival from the UAE at the Cochin International Airport.

A senior NIA official said that Moideenkutty P, a resident of Kattipparuthi, Valancheri, Malappuram District, Kerala, was taken into custody by an NIA team at the airport.

The accused, the Coordinator of Physical Education Training of the banned PFI outfit in Kerala, had fled soon after registration of the case in September 2022. The NIA had conducted searches in the house of Moideenkutty P and recovered many incriminating documents during the probe.

The case related to a criminal conspira...