The suspects were held in eight different provinces as part of investigations into looting after Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the region, news agency Anadolu said.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in September end last year banned the PFI, its associates, and affiliates for a period of five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 by declaring it as an unlawful association.
The official further said that a team of STF with the help of Assam Police arrested Salim in connection with a case registered on December 3 last year.
Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), posted at Manimajra Police Station in Chandigarh for accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000.
Other accused named in the excise policy money laundering case are Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, the then Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna, Deputy Commissioner Anand Tiwari, and Assistant Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Punjab-based businessman Gautam Malhotra, son of former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Deep Malhotra, in connection with its ongoing probe into Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 money laundering case, sources said on Wednesday.
A Hyderabad-based Chartered Accountant named Butchibabu Gorantla was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case.