The NIA on Thursday filed a chargesheet against the self-styled Zonal Commander of Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a Jharkhand based terrorist group of Naxal hue.
The second supplementary chargesheet was filed before the NIA special court, Ranchi against Vikas Ganjhu, who is known with aliases like Avinash, Dashrath Ganjhu and Varun Ji, is a Zonal Commander of TPC. The agency chargesheeted him under Indian Penal Code Sections relating to criminal conspiracy and extortion besides provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Criminal Law Amendment Act.
The case was initially registered as FIR No. 157/2017 at Police Station Panki, Palamu, Jharkhand on November 23, 2017 after recovery of `5 lakhs cash along with arms and ammunition from Shyam Bhokta alias DC, a TPC operative.
The Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a break-away terrorist group of CPI (Maoist) is also an unlawful organisation proscribed by Jharkhand government under CLA Act, 1908.