Visakhapatnam, July 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court here has convicted and sentenced three accused to five years in a terror conspiracy related to radicalisation, recruitment and support for the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation. The accused, Dongari Devendra, Dubashi Swapna and Chukka Shilpa, were members of Chaitanya Mahila Sangam (CMS), an outfit working for CPI (Maoist), the NIA said in a release.The court has sentenced each of the accused, who were a…
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Giridih (Jharkhand), July 17 (IANS) In a major success in Jharkhand’s anti-Naxal operation, the Giridih police have arrested Ajay Mahto alias Tiger alias Basudev, a senior Maoist leader carrying a reward of Rs 25 lakh, officials said on Friday.Mahto, a member of the Special Area Committee (SAC) of the banned CPI (Maoist), had long been a key target for security agencies. He was wanted in more than 100 cases, including murder, attacks on police personnel, extortion, and IED blasts.According to po…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its third chargesheet in a major conspiracy case, naming Chandan Kumar as the sixth accused in the revival of the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit’s activities in the Magadh zone of Jharkhand and the systematic extortion of funds from contractors to procure arms and ammunition.The chargesheet was submitted before the NIA Special Court in Ranchi, Jharkhand, in connection with a case, which the anti-terror agency had registere…
Ranchi, July 13 (IANS) In a major success for the security forces, Ravindra Ganjhu, a regional commander of the banned CPI-Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 20 lakh, was arrested by police and the CRPF in Jharkhand’s Latehar on Monday, police officials said. According to the police, Ganjhu was apprehended near his native village, Hesla, in the Chandwa police station area of Latehar. A reward of Rs 15 lakh had been announced for him by the Jharkhand Police, while the NIA had put an additional bounty…
Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday charge sheeted a key CPI (Maoist) operative in a Special Court in Hyderabad for inciting a mob at the funeral of a deceased member of a proscribed terrorist organisation last year. In the charge sheet filed before the NIA special court at Nampally, Hyderabad, Gade Innaiah alias Gade Inna Reddy has been charged under relevant sections of BNS, 2023 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the NIA said in a sta…
Visakahapatnam, May 29 (IANS) The NIA filed charges against three CPI-Maoist operatives in a special court in Visakahapatnam in a case related to supply of explosive materials and logistical support to cadres of the banned terrorist organisation in Andhra Pradesh, an official said on Friday.All three accused have been charged under various sections of IPC, Explosive Substances Act, and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the first chargesheet in the case RC-12/2024/NIA/DLI, the National Inve…
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) In another blow to the banned CPI (Maoist), its Central Committee Member Pasunoori Narahari and his wife Medara Danamma surrendered before Telangana Police on Tuesday. Director General of Police C.V. Anand produced the senior underground leaders of the Maoist outfit before the media.Pasunoori Narahari alias Vishwanath alias Salai Da is the Bihar-Jharkhand Special Area Committee (BJSAC) secretary, while Danamma alias Latha alias Poonam alias Joba is a State Committee Memb…
Ranchi, May 21 (IANS) Security forces got major success in Jharkhand on Thursday as they secured the surrender of 27 Maoists, marking the largest such collective surrender in the state’s history.The group included 25 Maoists active in the Saranda and Kolhan regions of the state in West Singhbhum district, along with two extremists from the banned Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP). They laid down arms at the police headquarters in Ranchi in the presence of Director General of Police (DGP) Tadas…
Hyderabad, April 25 (IANS) As many as 47 underground cadres of CPI (Maoist) from Chhattisgarh, including Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) member and in-charge of South Bastar Divisional Committee Hemla Iythu alias Vijja, surrendered before the Telangana Director General of Police B. Shivdhar Reddy here on Saturday. The surrendered cadres include four from the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), 28 from DKSZ and 15 from the 9th and 30th platoon of South Bastar DVC.The Maoists…
Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) As many as 42 cadres of CPI (Maoist), including People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) Battalion Commander Sodi Malla alias Keshal, surrendered before Telangana Police on Friday, along with 36 firearms and 800 grams of gold. The Maoists who surrendered before Director General of Police (DGP) B. Shivdhar Reddy include 21 cadres of PLGA, 11 cadres of Telangana State Committee (TSC) and 10 cadres of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC).Barring an Area Committe…