NIA raids: In a large crackdown towards associates and supporters of Naxals, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday performed searches at 14 places throughout Jharkhand and Bihar. According to reviews, the raid was performed in order to thwart the conspiracy to broaden, revive and propagate the ideology of the banned terrorist organisation.Â
The searches at eight places in Jharkhand lined the Ranchi workplace of Visthapan Virodhi Jan Vikash Andolan ( VVJVA) and the homes of the associates and supporters of Naxals in Bokaro, Dhanbad, Ramgarh and Giridih districts. In Bihar, the searches had been performed at six places in Khagaria, Gaya and Aurangabad districts. All the suspects whose homes had been searched have hyperlinks with Politburo and Central Committee members of Naxals, stated the company.
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NIA seized several items throughout raids
Incriminating paperwork regarding the actions of the banned outfit, together with several cellphones, DVD discs, paperwork associated to Majdoor Sangathan Samiti (MSS) and VVJVA, in addition to checking account particulars, had been seized through the searches.
The NIA registered the case on April 25 final yr beneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code towards the Politburo and Central Committee members of Naxals, for hatching a conspiracy to unfold the organisation’s ideology in these two states, in addition to different Indian states, together with Chhattisgarh.
What NIA stated?Â
“These members had also been liaising with their incarcerated Naxal cadres and overground workers to further their objectives,” stated the NIA. Those named in the FIR had been Misir Besra, Vivek, Anal Da, Pramod Mishra, Nambala Keshava Rao, Muppal Laxamna Rao, Mallojula Venugopal, Katakam Sudershan, Gajrala Ravi, Modem Balakrishnan, Sabyasachi Goswamy and Prashant Bose and others.
(With ANI inputs)Â
