NIA Arrests Maoist In Bengal For Links To Veteran Leader In Assam's Cachar

GUWAHATI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a Maoist activist for his involvement in a case related to setting up units of the outlawed group in of Assam's Cachar District.

A NIA spokesperson said on Tuesday the Communist Party of India (CPI) (Maoist) activist Samrat Chakraborty alias 'Nilkamal Sikdar' was arrested in West Bengal in a case related to setting up units of the outlawed group in Assam.

37 year- old Chakraborty, a resident of Seth Bagan Road, North 24 Parganas district, had several aliases like 'Amit, Argha, Nirmal and Nirman'. He was arrested from Mahispata, near Narayana School on the Kalyani Expressway, the National Investigation Agency spokesperson added.

The case against Chakraborty relates to the arrest of veteran Maoist leader Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee alias Jyotish alias Kabir, alias Kanchan Da of West Bengal, a Central Committee Member and an ideologue and strategist of CPI(Maoist) hailing from the Howrah district in Bengal.

The accused Bhattacharjee alias Kanchan Da had been assigned the task to establish the organisation in Assam and to further expand their roots in the Northeast.

According to sources, Chakraborty was a linkman in clandestine communication between the top hierarchy of CPI (Maoist) organisation and the arrested accused Kanchan Da.

The agency had filed a charge sheet against six arrested accused, including Bhattacharjee, in the special NIA court in Guwahati on September 2.

The spokesperson from the investigating agency also said, "Further investigations in the case revealed that accused Chakraborty 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, Bhattacharjee, who was operating from his hideout in Assam."

Chakraborty is said to have visited the district of Assam on several occasions to assist senior Maoist leader Kanchan da in furthering the activities of the CPI (Maoist) organisation in Assam and Northeast states on the specific instructions of the Eastern Regional Bureau of the party.

The probe agency further said that investigation in the matter is going on.

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