The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday chargesheeted a top leader of the banned CPI (Maoist) from Telangana in a case relating to a conspiracy to promote left-wing extremism (LWE) in the country.
Officials said Sanjoy Deepak Rao, alias Sanjay Deepak Rao alias Vikas alias Anand alias Aravind, was a central committee member of the CPI(Maoist). He has been chargesheeted in the NIA Special Court of Hyderabad.
“Our probe revealed that the accused had actively recruited and radicalised other individuals to join the CPI(Maoist) in a systematic process and manner to carry [out] acts related to terror and violence, in conspiracy with other Maoist cadres,” an official release said. It added that he also raised funds to further the activities of the proscribed terrorist organisation, including the procurement of arms and ammunition.
