Meena Chaudhary, including seven other accused who were arrested under different cases related to aiding Naxals, were on Tuesday produced in a special court amid tight security in the city.
Five years ago, a large cache of arms were recovered in the city. On further investigation, police had busted an urban network of the Maoist insurgents and rounded up accused Meena Chaudhary from a hostel, K S Priya alias Malti from Farid Nagar, Bhilai, Praful and son Pratik Jha from Raipur besides Siddharth Sharma.
Cases were registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code against the accused at the Tikrapara Police Station. Moreover, in a joint operation by Raipur and Bilaspur police a case was registered against accused Naresh Khubnani and Ramesh Khubnani besides Tikrapara resident Dayaram Sahu.
The three accused Naresh Khubnani, Ramesh Khubnani and Dayaram Sahu were subsequently released on bail.