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NIA arrests State executive committee member in Munchinputu CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case; weapons, cash seized in raids across AP, Telangana

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CPI (Maoist) cadres. (representative image)

Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Monday 2 October 2023, arrested one person and seized weapons, cash and incriminating material in raids across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the Munchingputu CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case.

Multiple raids were carried out across 62 locations in the two States, leading to the arrest of one Chandra Narasimhulu, a State Executive Committee Member of the Pragathiseela Karmika Samakya (PKS), from Satya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh.

A Pistol, along with 14 rounds, was seized from the location. An amount of Rs 13 lakh was seized from one of the premises in Kadapa District, while Maoist literature and documents were seized from other locations.

Monday’s raids covered 53 locations in the districts of Guntur, Palanadu, Vijayawada, Rajhmundry, Prakasam, Bapatla, Eluru, East Godawari D R Ambedkar Konasema, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Nellore, Tirupati, Kadapa Satya Sai, Anantapur, and Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.

Nine locations were raided in Telengana in the districts of Hyderabad, Mahabub Nagar, Hanumakonda, Ranga Reddy and Adilabad.

The arrested accused’s custodial interrogation is expected to yield further information about the conspiracy relating to the attempts of various frontal organisations to further the activities of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) outfit. The frontal organisations include Civil Liberties Committee (CLC), Amarula Bandhu Mitrula Sangham (ABMS), Chaitanya Mahila Sangham (CMS), Kula Nirmulana Porata Samathi (KNPS), Patriotic Democratic Movement (PDM), Pragathiseela Karmika Samakya (PKS), Praja Kala Mandali (PKM), Revolutionary Writers Association (RWA) or ViplavaRachaitalaSangam (VIRASAM), Human Rights Forum (HRF), Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP) and Indian Association of Peoples Lawyers (IAPL).

NIA investigations so far have revealed that leaders and members of these frontal organisations were extending support to the CPI (Maoist), which was banned as a terrorist outfit in 2009.

The premises raided on Monday belonged to members and cadres of the frontal organisations. The case was initially registered by the Munchingputu Police of ASR District on 23 November 2020, based on information relating to the movement of Maoists and transportation of Maoist literature in Munchingput area. The Police had intercepted one Pangi Naganna, while he was carrying Maoist revolutionary literature books, medicines, Red colour banner cloth, electrical wire bundles, Nippo batteries and pamphlets to hand over to the Maoist cadres.

Detailed interrogation of Pangi Naganna had revealed that the items were handed over to him by the leaders of the frontal organisations. On 21 May 2021, the NIA had filed a Chargesheet against seven accused before the Special Court, Vijayawada. Of these seven persons, five belonged to frontal organisations, namely ABMS, CMS, PKS, PDM and PKM.

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