The National Investigation Agency here on Monday filed a chargesheet against three Manipur rebels, charging them of links with Maoists and supplying arms and ammunitions.
The case was filed before the designated court of the NIA in Guwahati against Peoples Liberation Army cadre — N. Dilip Singh, Senjam Dhiren Singh alias Raghu and Arnold Singh — under various sections of Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act.
The three were charged with imparting training to the cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) and supplying arms and ammunition to them.
Explaining the nexus, the NIA in its chargesheet pointed out that investigation has revealed that in June 2006, the PLA leadership met top leaders of CPI (Maoist), which followed several other meetings between the two groups in between 2006 and 2008.
These meetings resulted in establishment of an office of PLA in Kolkata at the end of 2006, which started coordinating activities of these outfits in procurement of arms and ammunition and communication devices.
Dilip, self-styled chief of the “external affairs” of the outlawed PLA, was arrested by the Delhi police, Dhiren was arrested by the Kolkata police and Arnold was picked up by the NIA last month.
The NIA investigation also found documentary evidence of financial transactions between Maoists and PLA for supplying communications equipment and sophisticated weapons.
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House panel pulls up dopt
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, May 21
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the DoPT has pulled up the department and its allied outfits, like the CBI, CVC and the CIC, for low level of expenditure on key schemes. Though the panel expressed anguish over DoPT’s annual report not including any reference to the Lokpal Bill, 2011, it suggested that the government should consider an anti-corruption legislation to cover private persons and bribe givers.
“The committee is of the considered opinion that when funds were made available to the organisation so liberally for the purpose of engaging consultants, the latter should have shown matching degree of enthusiasm and initiative to see that the activities for which funds
were provided were accomplished,” the report adds.