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How much did PFI pay top lawyers in Hadiya case
The NIA investigations had revealed that Akhila Ashokan, the daughter of Ashokan KM, was a target of PFI activists and Sathya Sarini and was converted to Islam and became Hadiya. She married Shafin Jahan, a PFI activist.
The radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) had paid hefty funds to several top lawyers in the Hadiya case. The NIA investigations had revealed that Akhila Ashokan, the daughter of Ashokan KM, was a target of PFI activists and Sathya Sarini and was converted to Islam and became Hadiya. She married Shafin Jahan, a PFI activist.
(Markazul Hidaya) Sathya Sarani Educational and Charitable Trust, Manjeri, Kerala, a PFI centre for religious learning which imparts religious lessons to Islam converts, was raided several times by several agencies. It has been suspected of involvement in conversions and has even been linked to ISIS. The Hadiya matter went up to the Supreme Court in the case "Shafin Jahan Vs Ashokan KM & Ors."
According to sources, Rs 92 lakh was transferred into the bank account of these noted lawyers on behalf of the petitioner i.e. Shafin Jahan and the PFI was not a party in the case.