New Delhi [India], October 19 (HBTV): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted four more accused in a CPI (Maoist) case related to the promotion of the banned outfit’s terror activities in Chhattisgarh.
Three of the accused, identified as Sunita Potam, Shankar Muchaki, and Dashrath alias Dasru Modiyam, were office bearers of the Moolwasi Bachao Manch (MBM), a frontal organisation of CPI (Maoist), the NIA said.
The MBM was banned by the Chhattisgarh government under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2005, in October last year. The fourth accused, Mallesh Kunjam, an armed cadre of CPI (Maoist), remains absconding.
Earlier, on September 26, the NIA had chargesheeted two father-son naxal operatives in the 2023 Chhattisgarh murder case of local BJP leader Ratan Dubey. Shivanand Nag and his father Narayan Prasad Nag were charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in a second supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.
‘The duo was found to have been actively involved in the criminal conspiracy related to Dubey’s brutal killing,’ the NIA said in a statement.
As per NIA investigations, ‘the Nags were active operatives of CPI (Maoist) and had a past political, business, and personal rivalry with Ratan Dubey.’
BJP leader Ratan Dubey was hacked to death with hand axes during an election campaign in a crowded weekly market at Koushalnar village in the Jharaghati area of Narayanpur district in November 2023. The targeted killing was reportedly aimed at disrupting the election and terrorising local residents.
During its investigation, the NIA established the role and involvement of members of the Bayanar Area Committee and Barsoor Area Committee of the East Bastar Division operating under the CPI (Maoist), along with their overground workers (OGWs).
The agency, which took over the probe in February 2024, had earlier chargesheeted an accused person, Dhan Singh Korram, in June 2024. Two others, Sainuram Korram and Laluram Korram, were subsequently arrested and chargesheeted in December 2024, reports said.
(ANI)