NIA arrests 1 Maoist leader accused in Assam ‘Maoist’ case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a Maoist leader accused in a case in Assam. The accused, identified as Samrat Chakraborty, was nabbed from the Kalyani Expressway in West Bengal.

Further investigations in the case revealed that accused Samrat Chakraborty alias Amit alias Argha alias Nirmal alias Nirman alias Nilkamal Sikdar was an active member of CPI (Maoist) organisation based in West Bengal.

He was a linkman in clandestine communication between the top hierarchy of CPI (Maoist) organisation and the arrested accused Kanchan Da.

NIA arrested one accused namely, Samrat Chakraborty aged 37 years from Mahispata, near Narayana School on Kalyani Expressway, North 24 Paragana, West Bengal for his involvement in the CPI (Maoist) case of Cachar District of Assam: NIA pic.twitter.com/EI4qwGGk7h

— ANI (@ANI) September 20, 2022