NIA conducts searches in North Bastar in connection with Army personnel’s killing by CPI (Moist) terrorists

New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches across the Amabeda area of district North Bastar in the Kaker region of Chhattisgarh in connection with the brutal killing of an Indian Army personnel by terrorists of the banned CPI (Maoist), the agency said in a release.

Several locations belonging to 11 suspects were extensively searched by NIA teams during the crackdown in villages Useli, Gumjhir, Badetevda, Umarkumta, and Amabeda. During searches, air guns, mobile phones, printers, laptops, hard discs, DVRs, motorcycles, incriminating naxal documents, and Rs 66,500 in cash have been seized, the NIA said.

The case RC-13/2024/NIA-RPR relates to the fatal attack on Motiram Achala, who was on leave from his posting in the Indian Army when he was shot dead by a group of unknown cadres of CPI (Maoist) near Murga Bazar village Useli, PS Amabeda, in February 2023.

He was at a local fair along with his elder brother Birajhu Ram Achala and his friends when he was attacked. After the murder, the assailants fled towards the nearby jungle, shouting slogans of “Lal Salam Jindabad.”

During the NIA investigation, names of CPI (Maoist) supporters/OGWs suspected to have been involved in the heinous crime came to light, leading to today’s searches.

NIA, which took over the case from the local police in March this year, is continuing with its investigation and has intensified its efforts to dismantle the Maoist ecosystem in the region, the agency added.