New Delhi: Submitting documentary evidence for the first time on the nexus between Maoists and northeast insurgent outfits, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet against three members of the Manipur-based People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for allegedly training the Red ultras and supplying them arms, ammunition and sophisticated Chinese communication devices.
The chargesheet, filed in a special court in Guwahati, mentioned that the two outfits – PLA and CPI (Maoist) – had signed “a joint declaration for unified actions of waging war against India” during one of their meetings in Myanmar in 2008.
The PLA’s training modules for Maoists comprised both ‘signal’ and ‘military’ training programmes which were conducted in two phases in the Saranda forest area of Jharkhand during September-–November 2010.
The Saranda forest area, which once used to be a ‘liberated zone’ of the Maoists, came under the domination of security forces only in May-June last year.
The chargesheet, carrying records of monetary transactions, was filed against self-styled chief of PLA’s external affairs department NDilip Singh alias Wangba and two other members of the outfit Senjam Dhiren Singh alias Raghu and Arnold Singh alias Becon. All three are lodged in Guwahati jail.
The NIA claimed to have established that the ‘nexus’ had taken root way back in 2006 and the two banned outfits held a number of meetings in Delhi, West Bengal, Assam, Mizoram, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for delivery of ‘consignments’ and ‘cash’ since then.
“The PLA used to provide the CPI (Maoist) arms, ammunition and communication devices – procured through a network of smugglers in China and Myanmar. The Red ultras, in turn, used to provide ammonium nitrate (explosive) and cash to the northeast outfit,” an NIA official said.
He said the PLA had set up a base in Kolkata mainly to receive money, to coordinate meetings between the two groups and supplying arms, ammunition and communication devices. Leaders of both the groups used to meet in different states and also in the national Capital in order to avoid detection of the law enforcement agency, the official added.
The NIA had on July 11 last year registered a case on the basis of reliable information that PLA had links with CPI (Maoist). Its subsequent investigation in coordination with Delhi Police, Kolkata Police and central intelligence agencies resulted in the arrest of the three.
The chargesheet, filed in a special court in Guwahati, mentioned that the two outfits – PLA and CPI (Maoist) – had signed “a joint declaration for unified actions of waging war against India” during one of their meetings in Myanmar in 2008.
The PLA’s training modules for Maoists comprised both ‘signal’ and ‘military’ training programmes which were conducted in two phases in the Saranda forest area of Jharkhand during September-–November 2010.
The Saranda forest area, which once used to be a ‘liberated zone’ of the Maoists, came under the domination of security forces only in May-June last year.
The chargesheet, carrying records of monetary transactions, was filed against self-styled chief of PLA’s external affairs department NDilip Singh alias Wangba and two other members of the outfit Senjam Dhiren Singh alias Raghu and Arnold Singh alias Becon. All three are lodged in Guwahati jail.
The NIA claimed to have established that the ‘nexus’ had taken root way back in 2006 and the two banned outfits held a number of meetings in Delhi, West Bengal, Assam, Mizoram, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh for delivery of ‘consignments’ and ‘cash’ since then.
“The PLA used to provide the CPI (Maoist) arms, ammunition and communication devices – procured through a network of smugglers in China and Myanmar. The Red ultras, in turn, used to provide ammonium nitrate (explosive) and cash to the northeast outfit,” an NIA official said.
He said the PLA had set up a base in Kolkata mainly to receive money, to coordinate meetings between the two groups and supplying arms, ammunition and communication devices. Leaders of both the groups used to meet in different states and also in the national Capital in order to avoid detection of the law enforcement agency, the official added.
The NIA had on July 11 last year registered a case on the basis of reliable information that PLA had links with CPI (Maoist). Its subsequent investigation in coordination with Delhi Police, Kolkata Police and central intelligence agencies resulted in the arrest of the three.
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