Shafiq Payath, a member of PFI and SDPI, who was caught by the ED from Kozhikode, Kerala, was funding anti-national activities from Qatar. His name had cropped up after the arrest of PFI General Secretary KA Rauf Sharif, when Rauf revealed that out of Rs 1.36 crore he received from abroad, Rs 21 lakh was sent by Shafiq Payeth.
In fact, Shafiq was arranging funding for PFI by staying in Qatar. He is also an expert in sending money through hawala, due to which the investigating agencies were constantly looking for him. After being caught by the ED, the court has sent him on remand for ten days, which will end on October 3. Officers are interrogating him in turn at the ED's zonal office located at Ashok Marg, Lucknow.
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