New Delhi [India], February 11 (HBTV): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against a third accused in a case related to an alleged attempt to revive the Naxal Northern Regional Bureau (NRB).
The chargesheet was filed against Priyanshu Kashyap alias Rakesh alias Nilesh, a resident of Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district, under Sections 13, 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The anti-terror agency had earlier chargesheeted two other accused — Ajay Singhal and Vishal Singh — in February and November last year, respectively, in the case RC-01/2023/NIA-LKW. The case pertains to alleged attempts by leaders, cadres, sympathisers and Over Ground Workers of the CPI (Maoist) to re-energise the organisation’s influence in the NRB, which comprises Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
In a statement, the agency said, ‘An active member of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) terror organisation, Priyanshu was in charge of the outfit’s Area Cell Committee in Delhi and Sub-Zonal Committee (SZC) in Rohtak.’
Arrested in July 2025, Priyanshu was found by the NIA to be engaged in ‘ideological indoctrination, recruitment and mobilisation for CPI (Maoist)’, and was allegedly involved in the revival of front organisations and dissemination of banned material for the outfit.
The NIA said its investigations further revealed that ‘Priyanshu had carried out his underground activities under a false identity, using clandestine methods. He was found in possession of various incriminating underground and operational documents of CPI (Maoist), leading to the filing of charges against him.’
(ANI)