The NIA has filed chargesheet against 20 CPI (Maoist) cadres in connection with the Edakkara Maoist Case, before the NIA Special Court, Ernakulam.
The cadres have been charged under various sections of IPC, Arms Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The chargesheeted people include people from within Kerala and those hailing from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Chattisgarh under various sections of IPC, Arms Act and UA(P) Act.
The case pertains to alleged ‘conspiracy for conducting physical and arms training, conducting zonal committee meeting of Western Ghats Special Zonal Committee of the proscribed organisation CPI (Maoist) in the Nilambur forest in Malappuram in 2016 to strengthen the organisation, with the intention to commit terrorist acts, and to waging war against the Government of India’, says a press release.
