<span style="color: #222222;">In Kerala, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a massive search operation targeting the leaders and associates of the banned outfit, Popular Front of India (PFI ) today. <br />''<br />''Four persons were reportedly taken into custody. Phones, books, and other related items were seized from search locations. The raid was reportedly in the wake of PFI leaders' plan to regroup the outfit under some other name.<br />''<br />''Raid was done in 56 locations across the State, mainly in Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Alappuzha, Kozhikode, Kottayam, and Pathanamthitta districts.<br />''<br />''The PFI, a Kerala-based outfit that later spread to different parts of the country, was banned by the Union government in September this year. </span>