<p>The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a report on the medical condition and treatment of former Popular Front of India (PFI) chairman E Abubacker who is lodged in prison under a UAPA case.</p>.<p>A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul, hearing Abubacker's plea for medical care, said the complete record of his treatment be produced before it.</p>.Delhi HC directs Tihar jail authorities to ensure efficacious medical treatment to ex-PFI chairman Abubacker.<p>Counsel for the PFI leader said he was seeking implementation of a trial court order directing his admission in AIIMS.</p>.<p>Issuing notice to the NIA on the plea, the bench also comprising Justice Anish Dayal said, “Medical Superintendent is directed to furnish a report on the current medical condition of the appellant and the treatment being provided by AIIMS”.</p>.<p>The counsel for agency said Abubacker was being given due medical care in jail.</p>.<p>“We have supported best treatment for him,” he said.</p>.<p>Abubacker had earlier approached the high court plea seeking release on account of his ill health. The plea was subsequently withdrawn by him with liberty to approach the trial court.</p>.<p>The septuagenarian had earlier told the high court that he had cancer and was in 'great pain' and thus in need of medical supervision.</p>.<p>E Abubacker was arrested by the agency during a massive crackdown on the banned organisation last year and is presently in judicial custody.</p>.<p>In February, the High Court had directed the Medical Superintendent of Tihar Jail to ensure “efficacious” treatment to Abubacker for his aliments on a regular basis.</p>.<p>It had also refused to keep Abubacker in house arrest, and said he would be admitted to a hospital for treatment, if required.</p>.<p>A large number of alleged PFI activists were detained or arrested in several states during the massive raids preceding the nationwide ban on the outfit imposed on September 28, 2022.</p>.<p>In near-simultaneous raids across the country as part of a multi-agency operation spearheaded by the NIA, a large number of PFI activists were detained or arrested in 11 states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country.</p>.<p> The arrests were made in states and Union Territories, including Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Delhi and Rajasthan.</p>.<p>The government banned the PFI and several of its associate organisations on September 28, 2022 for five years under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA, accusing them of having 'links' with global terror groups like the ISIS.</p>.<p>The matter would be heard next on September 20. </p>
<p>The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a report on the medical condition and treatment of former Popular Front of India (PFI) chairman E Abubacker who is lodged in prison under a UAPA case.</p>.<p>A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul, hearing Abubacker's plea for medical care, said the complete record of his treatment be produced before it.</p>.Delhi HC directs Tihar jail authorities to ensure efficacious medical treatment to ex-PFI chairman Abubacker.<p>Counsel for the PFI leader said he was seeking implementation of a trial court order directing his admission in AIIMS.</p>.<p>Issuing notice to the NIA on the plea, the bench also comprising Justice Anish Dayal said, “Medical Superintendent is directed to furnish a report on the current medical condition of the appellant and the treatment being provided by AIIMS”.</p>.<p>The counsel for agency said Abubacker was being given due medical care in jail.</p>.<p>“We have supported best treatment for him,” he said.</p>.<p>Abubacker had earlier approached the high court plea seeking release on account of his ill health. The plea was subsequently withdrawn by him with liberty to approach the trial court.</p>.<p>The septuagenarian had earlier told the high court that he had cancer and was in 'great pain' and thus in need of medical supervision.</p>.<p>E Abubacker was arrested by the agency during a massive crackdown on the banned organisation last year and is presently in judicial custody.</p>.<p>In February, the High Court had directed the Medical Superintendent of Tihar Jail to ensure “efficacious” treatment to Abubacker for his aliments on a regular basis.</p>.<p>It had also refused to keep Abubacker in house arrest, and said he would be admitted to a hospital for treatment, if required.</p>.<p>A large number of alleged PFI activists were detained or arrested in several states during the massive raids preceding the nationwide ban on the outfit imposed on September 28, 2022.</p>.<p>In near-simultaneous raids across the country as part of a multi-agency operation spearheaded by the NIA, a large number of PFI activists were detained or arrested in 11 states for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country.</p>.<p> The arrests were made in states and Union Territories, including Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Delhi and Rajasthan.</p>.<p>The government banned the PFI and several of its associate organisations on September 28, 2022 for five years under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA, accusing them of having 'links' with global terror groups like the ISIS.</p>.<p>The matter would be heard next on September 20. </p>