The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two accused in the case relating to murder of Bhima Mandavi, the then MLA, Chattishgarh and four police personnel in an IED blast by banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh.
On Tuesday, the NIA arrested two accused Bhima Tati, 27, and Madka Ram Tati, 36, both residents of Patel Para,Tikanpal village, Dantewada, the agency said in a statement on Wednesday. “Both the accused were produced before NIA Special Court, Jagdalpur today which has granted their custody for 6 days to NIA for their interrogation,” read the statement.
The case relates to an IED blast followed by indiscriminate firing on April 9, 2019 near Shyamgiri village in Kuakonda police station of Dantewada district of Chattishgarh in which Bhima Mandavi, the then sitting MLA of Dantewada was killed by CPI (Maoist) cadres along with four police personnel of Chhattisgarh Armed Force. The arms and ammunitions of the martyred security personnel were also looted by the assailants.