NIA teams conducted the raids across a total of 62 locations, including 53 in Andhra Pradesh and 9 in Telangana, which led to the arrest of Chandra Narasimhulu, a state executive committee member of the Pragathiseela Karmika Samakya (PKS), from Satya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh.A pistol, 14 rounds of ammunition were recovered and Rs 13 lakh in cash seized from one of the premises in Kadapa District. Maoist literature and documents were seized from the other raided locations.
The arrested accused’s custodial interrogation is expected to yield further information about the conspiracy relating to the attempts of various frontal organisations to further the activities of the proscribed outfit CPI (Maoist), as per an NIA statement issued on Monday. The frontal organisations include Civil Liberties Committee (CLC), Amarula Bandhu Mitrula Sangham (ABMS), Chaitanya Mahila Sangham (CMS), Kula Nirmulana Porata Samathi (KNPS), Patriotic Democratic Movement (PDM), Pragathiseela Karmika Samakya (PKS), Praja Kala Mandali (PKM), Revolutionary Writers Association (RWA) or Viplava Rachaital Sangam (VIRASAM), Human Rights Forum (HRF), Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners (CRPP) and Indian Association of Peoples Lawyers (IAPL).
NIA investigations so far have revealed that leaders and members of these frontal organisations are extending support to the CPI (Maoist), which was banned as a terrorist outfit in 2009.
The locations in Andhra Pradesh subjected to raids are in Guntur, Palanadu, Vijayawada, Rajhmundry, Prakasam, Bapatla, Eluru, East Godawari D R Ambedkar Konasema, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Nellore, Tirupati, Kadapa Satya Sai, Anantapur, and Kurnool districts. Nine locations raided in Telangana fall in the districts of Hyderabad, Mahabub Nagar, Hanumakonda, Ranga Reddy and Adilabad. Most of the premises raided on Monday belonged to members and cadres of the CPI(Maoist) frontal organisations, said NIA.
The Munchingpuru case was initially registered by the police in November 2020 based on information relating to the movement of Maoists and transportation of Maoist literature in the area. The police intercepted one Pangi Naganna, while he was carrying Maoist revolutionary literature books, medicines, red colour banner cloth, electrical wire bundles, Nippo batteries and pamphlets meant to be handed over to the Maoist cadres. Detailed interrogation of Pangi Naganna revealed that the items were handed over to him by the leaders of the frontal organisations.
On May 21, 2021, NIA had filed a chargesheet against seven accused — including five affiliated to CPI(Maoist) front outfits — in the case before the Special Court, Vijayawada.
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