4 Maoist leaders charge-sheeted

New Delhi, Sep 30: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against four top leaders of the banned CPI (Maoist) in a case related to the brutal killing of a civilian in Bihar five years ago, an official said on Saturday.
The accused charge-sheeted on Friday in the NIA Special Court, Patna (Bihar) have been identified as Ram Prasad Yadav, Abhijit Yadav and Abhyash Bhuiya alias “Prem Bhuiya” of Jharkhand and Subedar Yadav of Bihar, a spokesperson of the central agency said.
The official said all of them are senior leaders of the proscribed outfit CPI (Maoist).
While Ram Prasad Yadav is a “sub-zonal commander”, Abhijit Yadav and Subedar Yadav are “zonal commanders”, while Abhyash Bhuiya is a “regional commander” of the outfit.
Bhokta was abducted and ruthlessly killed allegedly by the banned outfit’s members in November 2018.
The NIA had taken over the case from the state police on June 24 last year. (PTI)