The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested one person in the CPI (Maoist) terror funding case in connection with efforts being made for the revival of the banned outfit in Magadh Zone of Bihar.
Anandi Paswan alias Anand Paswan, 46, has more than five criminal cases registered against him in various police stations of Bihar. Raids conducted at the premises of Anandi, a resident of Nirakhpur village in Kinjar police station area of Arwal district of Bihar, had also led to the seizure of illegal arms and ammunition on February 12, 2022.
This is the fourth arrest in the case related to the terror financing network being jointly operated by CPI (Maoist) cadres and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) in the Magadh region, the NIA said.
Tarun Kumar, Pradyuman Sharma and Abhinav alias Gaurav were earlier nabbed by the NIA, which had chargesheeted two accused in this case on January 20, 2023.
“NIA investigations so far have revealed that the proscribed terrorist organisation, CPI (Maoist), was trying to raise funds for procurement of arms and ammunition, and recruitment of new cadres to further its criminal and violent designs for reviving itself in the Magadh Zone area. They were liaising with Naxals and OWGs incarcerated in various jails in order to revive and strengthen Naxal activities in this region,” the agency said.
NIA had suo-moto registered the case on December 30, 2021 and continues to investigate the matter.