NIA Searches Multiple Locations In Delhi, Punjab To Scuttle Banned CPI-Maoist Revive Attempts

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday searched multiple locations across Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh to scuttle the attempts of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation which is seeking to revive its presence in the Northern Regional Bureau area.

A total of 9 locations, linked with various accused and suspects were searched as part of the crackdown.

These included four locations in Punjab, 2 each in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and one in Delhi. All these states, along with Himachal Pradesh, constitute the National Regional Bureau (NRB), which the terrorist organisation is aggressively targeting in a bid to re-energise itself.

Several digital devices (laptop, mobile phones, pen drives, compact discs, hard drive, compact discs, memory cards), SIM cards, and pocket diaries were seized during the searches, conducted at the premises of suspects believed to be close aides of various accused in the instant case.

These suspects were receiving funds for propagation of CPI (Maoist) ideology from the erstwhile Eastern Regional Bureau (ERB) head Prashant Bose, NIA investigations have revealed.

The ERB, particularly Jharkhand, had been funding the suspects, believed to be long-time associates and OGWs of the accused, to recruit cadres and raise the organisation in the northern states.

NIA on hunt to nab those waging war against Govt

NIA investigations have further led to the identification of several front organisations and student wings tasked to identify suitable persons to work as underground cadres, to wage a war against the Government of India and to carry out violent terrorist acts as per the ideology of the proscribed outfit.