New Delhi. NIA on Friday searched multiple locations in Giridih district of Jharkhand in a CPI (Maoist) related case.
Houses and other premises of suspects and over ground workers (OGWs) were extensively searched by NIA teams, which seized several mobile phones and SIM cards etc. The seized items are under examination.
The case emanated from the arrest of Krishna Hansda, a Naxal cadre of the proscribed terrorist organisation CPI (Maoist). Hansda, a Regional Committee Member of CPI(Maoist), was arrested from Lucio forest area of Dumri PS in January 2023.
During investigation, NIA, which took over the case in June 2023, unearthed the links of several suspects and OGWs believed to be involved in supplying logistics and electronic items to CPI (Maoist) in the Parasnath area of district Giridih. Searches were part of NIA’s investigations against these suspects and OGWs.
