NIA conducts searches in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh to probe Naxal cases
The HinduThe National Investigation Agency on Friday conducted searches at multiple locations in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh to probe Naxal-related cases. Houses and other premises of suspects and over-ground workers were extensively searched by NIA teams, which seized several mobile phones and SIM cards in Giridih district of Jharkhand, an official statement said. Handa, a regional committee member of the CPI, was arrested from the Lucio forest area of Dumri police station in January 2023, the NIA statement said. In another case, NIA teams searched several locations in remote villages of Chhattisgarh in connection with the CPI attack on a polling and security team during the state Assembly elections last year. Searches were conducted at multiple locations belonging to 11 suspects in the villages of Rawandiggi, Semra, Mainpur, Ghoragaon, Kerabahra and Gariyaband in the sensitive Maoist-infested areas of Gariyaband and Dhamtari districts, another statement issued by the probe agency said.