NIA raids multiple locations in Maoist encounter case

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday  conducted searches at multiple locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in CPI Maoist Encounter Case of Bastar, Chhattisgarh.

The agency conducted searches at 14 locations in seven districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh including Hyderabad, Rachkonda, Medak, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Nellore in connection with this case, the NIA said in a statement. 

The case relates to the exchange of fire on July



28, 2019 between the cadres of CPI (Maoist) and a combined team of local district Reserve Guard, Special Task Force and CRPF, resulting in the killing of six Maoists and one civilian.

An FIR No. 179/2019 was registered in this regard at police station Nagarnar in Bastar district of  Chhattisgarh. The NIA had re-registered the case on March 18, 20201 against the accused persons Sanju alias Pandu Punem, Laxman, Munni, Dashari and 30-40 unknown others.