The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its second supplementary chargesheet in the case related to the Maoist attack on former MLA Gurcharan Nayak, in which two police personnel were killed in Jharkhand last year. “Two accused, Tivari Bankira (25) and Sadan Korah (20), have been named in the chargesheet filed in the NIA special court, Ranchi. They are both armed cadres of CPI (Maoist), a proscribed terrorist organisation. The duo, who hails from West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, have been charged under various sections of IPC and UA(P) Act. While Tivari was arrested on November 30 last year, Sadan is in custody since February 13, 2023,” an NIA spokesperson said. According to NIA, the attack had taken place on January 4 last year at High School Jhilrua in West Sighbhum district. The Jharkhand police had initially registered the case at the local police station. Subsequently, on June 30, 2022, the NIA had re-registered the case and following investigations, NIA had chargesheeted 14 persons on December 31, 2022, in this case. "As per investigations, Tivari and Sadan were providing support to CPI (Maoist) for furthering its terror and violence-related activities and waging a war against the government. They were part of the conspiracy to carry out the terrorist attack on Gurucharan Nayak and his bodyguards. They were also part of the Special Action Team established by the banned terror outfit to execute the crime," the spokesperson said. "The two accused had attended the meeting in which the conspiracy to attack Gurcharan Nayak with deadly weapons at Project +2, High School Jhilrua, was hatched. They had done a recce of the spot a day before the incident and had also participated in the training to execute the attack," the spokesperson added.
