NIA raids 11 locations in Bengal over revival of banned CPI (Maoist) organisation

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with a case of the alleged revival of the CPI (Maoist) in Eastern Regional Bureau area.
They conducted elaborate searches at the houses of suspects at a total of 11 locations in South 24 Pargana, Asansol, Howrah, Nadia and Kolkata in connection with the case.
The suspects were alleged overground workers of CPI (Maoist) and were believed to have assisted the organisation’s commanders in carrying out Naxalite activities.
Several incriminating documents, electronic devices, pamphlets, magazines, and handwritten letters were seized by the NIA during the raids.
The case relates to an alleged conspiracy by the Polit Bureau/ Central Committee members, cadres and sympathisers of the banned organisation, aimed at reviving, expanding and propagating the ideology of the CPI (Maoist) in Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and other states.
A total of six accused, including CPI (Maoist) Polit Bureau members Prashant Bose and Pramod Mishra, and Central Committee Sabyasachi Goswami, have been arrested in the case so far, since an FIR was registered in Ranchi in April 2022. Thirteen top CPI (Maoist) leaders were among the accused named in the FIR.