(Source: Poll Diary)
NIA Conducts Search Ops In Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu To Trace Maoist Leaders
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) re-registered the case in the first week of October against activists for observing CPI (Maoist) formation day at Kerala's Nilambur in 2016
Chennai: A week after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) re-registered the case against activists for observing CPI (Maoist) formation day at Kerala's Nilambur in 2016, the national investigation body has conducted searches at 20 locations across three states -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as part of combing operation to trace out accused.
According to The New Indian Express report, The NIA has listed 19 people as accused -- Aravind, Unni, Rajitha, Karthik alias Ganesh, Manivasakam, Rema, Chandu alias Chandru, Vikram Gowda, Sharmila, Murukesh, Kalidas alias Sekhar Mani, Danish alias Krishna, Soman alias Shahid Akbar, Rajan Chittilapilly, BG Krishnamoorthy, A Santosh Kumar including Ajitha, Velmurugan and Kuppu Devaraj were killed in the past years in police encounters.
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According to the TNIE report, a source said that some of the accused were arrested while many of them are senior CPI (Maoist) leaders and they are also part of People's Liberation Guerilla Army.
An FIR was first lodged on September 30, 2016, at Edakkara police station in Malappuram. "The accused in this case are among the proscribed terrorist organisation CPI (Maoist) that had organised training camps, arms training, flag hoisting and study classes in connection with the formation day of the outfit in the last week of September 2016 in Nilambur's forest and had engaged in anti-national activities," the FIR read according to the report.
NIA conducts searches at 20 locations across Kerala, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu in Edakkara case pertaining to conspiracy by CPI(Maoist) members, for conducting training camp,arms training,flag hoisting&CPI(Maoist) formation day celebrations in Sept'16 in Nilambur forest area, Kerala
— ANI (@ANI) October 12, 2021
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