NIA chargesheets seven CPI (Maoist) terrorists in the killing of five police Personnel of Jharkhand
New Delhi, August 4
The NIA filed third supplementary charge sheet in the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, against seven persons from Jharkhand and West Bengal in the killing of policemen in Kharsawan district of Jharkhand.
The accused were identified as Soma Sardar, Atul Mahto, Ram Prasad Mardi, Prabhat Munda, Gulshan Singh Munda, Ravi Singh Sardar and Pradeep Mondal under sections 120B, 121, 121A, 147, 148, 149, 302, 353, 396, 435 of IPC and sections 16, 17, 18, 20, 38, 39 & 40 of UAPA.
As per the case details, a police party was attacked by the cadres of CPI (Maoist) in June 2019 at Kukru Haat in District Seraikela Kherswan, in which five police personnel were killed and their arms and ammunitions were looted. A FIR was registered in Tiruldih police station of Saraikela-Kherswan.
The Jharkhand Police had arrested a total of 11 accused and filed two chargesheets against all of them. The NIA had re-registered in December 2020, filed chargesheet in April against 18 accused including senior commanders of CPI (Maoist).
The NIA stated that the accused Soma Sardar had played an important role in hatching the conspiracy that led to the attack on police personnel besides being involved in providing logistical support and raising funds for CPI (Maoist).
The other six chargesheeted accused are underground commanders of the banned terrorist organization CPI (Maoist) and had conspired for the execution of the attack on the police personnel.
The NIA is further investigating the case.
