NIA chargesheets five Maoists in spl court in two cases
Ranchi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed charge sheets before special court in Ranchi against five Maoists in cases related to seizure of arms and ammunition in Lohardaga district and extortion and armed intimidation in Giridih district, it said on Saturday.
Sources in the NIA said, "Two Maoists — Ranthu Oraon and Niraj Singh Kherwar — have been chargesheeted in a case (RC-02/2022/NIA/RNC) related to the seizure of arms and ammunition in Lohardaga district under the IPC, the Arms Act, the Explosive Substance Act and UA(P)A-Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act."
With it, the total number of charge-sheeted persons in the case has touched 25. Five supplementary charge-sheets were filed against 23 persons between August 2023 and May 2025, they added.
Acting on inputs that Maoist ultras, led by regional commander Ravindra Ganjhu, had gathered to plan an attack on security forces in bauxite mining areas to avenge the arrest of their commander Prashant Bose, police, and CRPF personnel had, in February 2022, launched a joint search operation in Bulbul forest area of Lohardaga. An encounter took place between security forces and the Maoists at Harkatta Toli and Bangla pat, after which forces extensively searched the area and seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition, sources added.
In another case (RC-01/2023/NIA/RNC), the NIA chargesheeted Maoist regional committee member Krishna Hansda, Ramdayal Mahto, and Abhijit Korah. Hansda has been chargesheeted under the UA(P) Act, 1967, and the Arms Act, 1959, Mahto under the CLA and the UA(P)A, and Korah under the IPC, criminal law amendment (CLA) and UA(P)A. All three were found to be involved in extortions, armed intimidations, and forced recruitment at Parasnath in Giridih district of Jharkhand.
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