Several media have quoted Home Ministry sources as saying that the Islamic outfit Popular Front of India has splurged about Rs 120 cr on the anti-CAA protests across India, especially in Uttar Pradesh.

As per a national media report, that has been widely mentioned elsewhere, about 73 bank accounts belonging to PFI and others have been in for scrutiny by the authorities. And the more than one billion rupees that have been spent on violent anti-CAA protests had flown into these bank accounts in tranches of less than Rs 50,000 in most cases.

"It's now clear that the protests are not spontaneous. They have taken violent forms in Delhi's Seelampur, among others. In UP, the state government covered itself in glory by suppressing the violent protests," a commentator says.

Many are calling for a ban on the PFI. "Outfits like these have to be clamped down," a Twitter user demands.