The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed its second supplementary chargesheet in the case related to the Naxal attack on former MLA Gurcharan Nayak, in which two police personnel were killed in Jharkhand in January 2022.
The NIA has named two accused in the chargesheet filed in the NIA Special Court Ranchi. The chargesheeted accused are 25-year-old Tivari Bankira alias Shaka and 20-year-old Sadan Korah alias Sajan, both armed cadres of Communist Party of India (Maoist), a proscribed terrorist organization, the NIA said in a statement.
The duo hails from West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand and has been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
While Tivari was arrested on November 30, 2022, Sadan has been in custody since February 13, 2023.
The attack took place on January 4 last year at High School Jhilrua, Police Station Goilkera, West Singhbhum. The Jharkhand police had initially registered the case (FIR No. 01/2022) at the local police station. Subsequently, on June 30, 2022, the NIA re-registered the case.
Following investigations, NIA had charge-sheeted 14 accused persons on December 31, 2022 in this case.
“As per NIA investigations, Tivari and Sadan were providing support to CPI (Maoist) for furthering its terror and violence related activities and waging a war against the Government of India. They were part of the conspiracy to carry out the terrorist attack on Gurucharan Nayak and his bodyguards. They were also part of the Special Action Team established by the banned terror outfit to execute the crime,” the agency said in a statement.
The two accused had attended the meeting in which the conspiracy to attack Gurcharan Nayak with deadly weapons at Project +2, High School Jhilrua, was hatched. They had reconnoitered the spot a day before the incident and had also participated in the training to execute the attack, it added.