The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against an explosive supplier and a key conspirator in the case of IED blast by banned Naxal outfit CPI (Maoist) in Lanji Forest, West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
The agency has filed the chargesheet against two accused persons Sukhram Ramtai alias Sukhram Tamariya and Jaiki Paradhi alias Jaiki under Indian Penal Code Sections relating to criminal conspiracy, attempt to murder, murder, voluntarily causing grievous hurt and assaulting a public servant to deter him/her in discharge of official duty and relevant provisions of the Explosive Substance Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The chargesheet was filed before the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand, the NIA said in a statement.
The case relates to an IED blast on March 4, 2021 around 8:30 AM in Lanji Forest Hill Area, located under police station Toklo, Chakradharpur, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand resulting in the death of three personnel of Jharkhand Jaguar (STF) and grievous injuries to three others including one ASI of CRPF.
The case was originally registered at Toklo police station as FIR No. 09/2021. The NIA had re-registered the case on March 24, 2021 and took up the investigation. Earlier NIA had filed a charge sheet against nineteen accused persons on September 7 last year in this case.
“The accused chargesheeted yesterday Jaiki Paradhi alias had procured potash (explosive substance) from Beohari, district Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh and supplied it to other chargesheeted accused Sukhram Ramtai and Sorto Mahali at Chakradharpur, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand,” it said.
Almost 700 kg of potash was procured illegally from MP and brought in several consignments for delivery to CPI Maoists in Jharkhand. These explosives were further supplied to the senior armed leaders of CPI(Maoist) which were used by them for making IEDs and targeting the security forces, it added.