Apart from Balia, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Azamgarh, Varanasi, Chandauli of Uttar Pradesh (UP), a conspiracy was being hatched to expand the influence of CPI-Maoist by Naxalite activities in all the districts of Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh which has been disclosed by the UP ATS.
The UP ATS had recently arrested five Naxalites Tara Devi, Lallu Ram, Satya Prakash, Rammurat and Vinod Sahni who were holding a secret meeting in Ballia. The documents recovered from them have revealed a big conspiracy of Naxalites. It has been revealed from the recovered documents that all these Naxalites were increasing Naxalite activities in UP by making Ballia, Azamgarh, Varanasi and Chandauli their centers on the instructions of the Central Committee leaders.
In the diary recovered from him, the names of Naxalites killed in the encounter and details of funding to the organization were also found. Now NIA has taken over this case and started investigation.
Investigation has revealed that Central Committee member of arrested CPI Maoist Naxalite organization Pramod Mishra had formed an adhoc committee. Women and men were continuously being recruited in many districts of Purvanchal through the organization's secretary, Santosh Verma alias Mantosh, resident of Ballia. Also, a conspiracy was being hatched in Purvanchal to select an anti-government movement and convert it into an armed movement. For this, training in using weapons was also being given in the forest.
Arrested Naxalite Tara Devi alias Manju alias Manisha has been involved in Naxalite activities for 18 years. She was working closely with Naxal's MO (Mass Organization) and associates of mask organizations to recruit new active members. She was recruiting new people along with old underground members. Their objective was to overthrow the Government system through armed rebellion by mobilizing people of Naxalite ideology against the Indian government. She was collecting donations and levies and collecting weapons for her party CPI Maoist to establish the Naxalite Government.