mumbaipuneaurangabadnagpur police on tuesday carried out preventive arrests of 35 alleged members of the popular front of india pfi across the state the action came as part of the nationwide crackdown on pfimumbai police arrested sayyed chowdhary 52 a prominent member of pfis political wing social democratic party of india sdpi from chembur for alleged involvement in antinational activities chowdhary was president of sdpi and is currently working as its general secretary an official said he was produced before a local court which remanded him to judicial custody till october 6 four men were held by thane crime branch in a latenight operation from mumbra bhiwandi and kalyan they were produced in court and released after an undertaking they would maintain law and order in future its a preventive action taken based on intelligence about their activities they are connected with some of those arrested by nia and ats said a police officer in amravati the crime branch arrested the district president of pfi sohail anwar abdul qadir alias sohail nadvi 38 a resident of chhayanagar is likely to be handed over to nia sources said nadvi was also quizzed by a team of nia about the umesh kolhe murder case the action was taken under section 151 3 of the code of criminal procedure crpc which refers to arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offenceof 29 held across marathwada north maharashtra and pune 13 were from aurangabad 3 from nanded 1 each from jalna and parbhani 2 each from malegaon in nashik district and ahmednagar and 1 from jalgaon district in pune 5 officebearers of pfi and one of sdpi were held and produced before a magistrate court which took an undertaking and directed them to stay out of pune till dussehrathe 13 persons placed under preventive arrest from aurangabad are associated with pfis physical education group a physical fitness wing that holds yoga judo martial arts training and sports events for its memberssp nashik rural police sachin patil said they arrested 2 from malegaon