NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday seized over Rs 1.1 crore that was extorted from contractors and others in Bihar and Jharkhand and used to fund the education of a senior Maoist leader’s kin at a medical college in Chennai.
The amount was seized as ‘proceeds of terrorism’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case relating to attempted revival of CPI (Maoist) Magadh zone.An FIR in the case was registered by NIA on December 30, 2021.
NIA on Tuesday said its investigations have revealed that the seized amount was directly transferred to the bank account of a medical college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu for the education of a Maoist leader’s relative in medicine. The transfer was done through bank accounts of close relatives of the accused persons, under the garb of a loan amount.
The beneficiary of the funds extorted by CPI Maoist is the niece of Pradyuman Sharma, a chargesheeted accused in the case and special area committee member of the CPI(Maoist). She is also the sister of arrested chargesheeted accused Tarun Kumar and cousin of arrested chargesheeted accused Abhinav @ Gaurav @ Bittu.
NIA had on January 20, 2023, filed a chargesheet before its Special Court at Ranchi, Jharkhand against two accused persons under various sections of IPC and UA (P) Act. In June last year, it had filed its 1st supplementary chargesheet in the case against one more accused, followed by a 2nd supplementary chargesheet against two others in December 2023.
The amount was seized as ‘proceeds of terrorism’ under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case relating to attempted revival of CPI (Maoist) Magadh zone.An FIR in the case was registered by NIA on December 30, 2021.
NIA on Tuesday said its investigations have revealed that the seized amount was directly transferred to the bank account of a medical college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu for the education of a Maoist leader’s relative in medicine. The transfer was done through bank accounts of close relatives of the accused persons, under the garb of a loan amount.
The beneficiary of the funds extorted by CPI Maoist is the niece of Pradyuman Sharma, a chargesheeted accused in the case and special area committee member of the CPI(Maoist). She is also the sister of arrested chargesheeted accused Tarun Kumar and cousin of arrested chargesheeted accused Abhinav @ Gaurav @ Bittu.
NIA had on January 20, 2023, filed a chargesheet before its Special Court at Ranchi, Jharkhand against two accused persons under various sections of IPC and UA (P) Act. In June last year, it had filed its 1st supplementary chargesheet in the case against one more accused, followed by a 2nd supplementary chargesheet against two others in December 2023.
