LUCKNOW The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) was likely to take over the probe into the Naxal network in the state after the ATS arrested 5 alleged operatives concerned in re-establishing the outlawed CPI (Maoist) from Ballia on August 16, stated police officers on Friday.
The company had on Tuesday performed searches at eight areas in Prayagraj, Varanasi, Chandauli, Azamgarh and Deoria districts as a part of ongoing investigation into the revival of banned political occasion and alleged Naxal organisation – Communist Social gathering of India – Maoist. Investigations revealed that Pramod Mishra was the chief of those cadres, sympathizers, and over floor employees (OGWs) related to the group.
The ATS officers had additionally claimed the 5 key accused arrested had been working beneath the management of Mishra, who fashioned an advert hoc committee with assist of one other CPI (Maoist) chief Santosh Verma after the dying of its predominant chief Sandeep Yadav alias Rupesh, who carried a bounty of ₹84 lakh from completely different state governments. They stated Sandeep was discovered lifeless beneath mysterious circumstances in a village of Gaya district in Bihar in Might 2022.
A UP Police official stated the arrests of 5 alleged Naxalites in Ballia and raids in U.P. had been each linked with the identical network of individuals following which it was most likely that the NIA would take over the investigations. He stated the ATS had already shared probe findings in the case with NIA officers.
He stated all 5 accused arrested from Ballia had been booked beneath IPC sections 121-A (waging battle in opposition to the nation and accumulating firearms with intent to wage battle in opposition to the nation) and different sections of Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, 1967.