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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed supplementary chargesheet before the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand against 14 accused persons in connection with the Naxal attack on former MLA Gurucharan Nayak and the killing of two police personnel in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand on January 4, 2022.

The 14 accused chargesheeted persons are:

1. Pradhan Korah @ Mantri
2. Sriram Tubid @ Sheeram Tubid
3. Shailendra Bahanda @
4. Pusa Lugun @ Puse Lugun
5. Sunia Surin
6. Mangal Singh Diggi
7. Rangiya Lugun
8. Kujari
9. Mangal Singh Lugun @ Vikram
10. Kishmat Korah
11. Misir Besra @ Sagar da @ Bhaskar Da @ Diwakar Da @ Sunirmal
12. Sushant Da @ Anmol @ Samar Ji @ Lalchand Hembrom
13. Sameer @ Lalu Modiyam
14. Ashwin @ Lachhu Korsa

All the accused persons have been chargesheeted under Sections 120B, 121, 121-A, 147, 148, 149, 201, 302, 307, 333, 353, 395, 396, 397 of IPC, Sections 16, 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Section 27 of Arms Act.

“Investigations have revealed that the accused persons are CPI (Maoist) members and they participated in meetings in which a conspiracy was hatched to target former MLA Gurucharan Nayak. They also participated in the crime which resulted in the injury and death of police personnel and the looting of arms and ammunition. Investigations also revealed that the accused persons were involved in recruiting members for the commission of terrorist acts and organized Training Camps for carrying out terrorist activities”, the NIA press release stated.

As per the NIA press release, the case was initially registered on January 5, 2022, at Goilkera, Police Station in West Singhbhum, and later re-registered by the NIA on June 30, 2022.