Meena Chaudhary and Praful Jha who were arrested in 2008 for their involvement in Naxal activities were released from Raipur Central Jail here on Saturday.They were released after both completed their prison tenure, informed Inspector General of Police Raipur GP Singh.
According to an official communiqué released from police headquarters the duo were convicted by a court of providing aid to Maoist urban network. Meena Chaudhary (30), native of Ambedkar Nagar Chandrapur Maharashtra was arrested after a huge catch of country-made guns Wireless sets, chargers and other items was seized in Sundar Nagar area in January, 2008.
The case was then handed over to Special Investigation Cell (SIC), which during the case of investigation and based on the inputs provided by Meena Chaudhary had arrested KS Priya, Prateek Jha, Praful Jha, Siddhartha Sharma, Dayaram Sahu, Naresh Kumar Khubani and Ramesh Kumar Khubani.
The case was heard in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (Additional) ND Tigala who on July 9, 2013 had sentenced Meena Chaudhary a total imprisonment of 7 years along with penalty of Rs 28,000 or 48 months confinement. After completing jail tenure she was released along with Praful Jha on Saturday as he was also awarded same punishment.