Nainital police are attempting to make headway in the recent incident involving some purported Maoists based in Dhari tehsil area of Nainital district, who had allegedly torched a vehicle in the Tehsil campus and appealed to the people to boycott the Vidhan Sabha election on Wednesday night..
The investigation of the incident reported from a revenue area has been shifted by the district administration to the police department from revenue police. With the transfer of case, police conducted raids at various places in Kumaon region to nab the culprits.
Nainital senior superintendent of police Janmejay Khanduri said that four teams have been formed and directed to work on several angles to crack the case. As per preliminary investigation, the mastermind of this incident is suspected to be Vijay Paheru alias Kheem Singh Bora, a resident of Someshwar Almora.
According to police, Bora has been absconding after sedition charge was imposed on him in a case lodged in Nanakmatta police station, Udham Singh Nagar in 2007 with the police announcing a cash reward of Rs 10,000 for his arrest.
Khanduri said that based on local intelligence input and reliable loal sources, police team secured search warrant against nine suspects, living in Almora, Udham Singh Nagar, Nainital and other places. Team members are conducting raids in their houses.
Police sources said that Kheem Singh Bora was allegedly involved in purportedly anti-national activities in Dhari tehsil area.
Haldwnai police had conducted raids in house of a suspect Chandrakala Tiwari and collected a laptop computer and some documents related to the case on Friday.