Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, June 26
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested Anand Paswan wanted in connection with the terror funding to the outlawed CPI (Maoists) outfit in Magadh zone of Bihar.
Five criminal cases were pending against Paswan at different police stations in Bihar, police sources said. Raids conducted at the premises of Anandi, a resident of village Nirakhpur under Kinjar police station in Arwal district had also led to the seizure of illegal arms and ammunition.
This is the fourth arrest in the case related to the terror financing network being jointly operated by CPI (Maoist) cadres and over ground workers (OGWs) in the Magadh region. Tarun Kumar, Pradyuman Sharma and Abhinav were earlier nabbed by the NIA, which had charge-sheeted two accused in this case on January 20 this year.
NIA investigations so far have revealed that the proscribed terrorist organisation, CPI (Maoist), was trying to raise funds for procurement of arms and ammunition and recruitment of new cadres to further its criminal and violent designs for reviving itself in the Magadh Zone area, claimed an official spokesman of NIA.
They were liaising with Naxals and other alleged terrorists incarcerated in various jails in order to revive and strengthen Naxal activities in this region.
