VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, June 16: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a second supplementary charge-sheet at a special NIA court in Ranchi against four persons in a case related to firing in the Latehar district in December 2020. The NIA has said that the case RC-01/2021/NIA-RNC is related to firing, burning, and explosion activities by members of an organized criminal gang at Tetariakhand Colliery, in Latehar.
The NIA said that the charge-sheet was filed against Pankaj Karmali alias (Hazaribagh), Vikash Anand Ojha alias Abhishek (Ara, Bihar), Akash Kumar Roy alias Monu Roy (Ranchi) and Kundan Kumar (Ranchi). The charge sheet was filed under sections 120B,147, 148, 149, 353, 504, 506, 307, 427, 435, 386, 387 of the Indian Penal Code along with sections 25(1)(B), 26, 27 and 35 of Arms Act, Sections 3 and 4 of Explosive Substance Act, Sections 16(1)(b), 18, 20 and 23 of UA(P) Act, Sections 17 of CLA Act, 1908.
The case is related to the burning of vehicles, and exploding bombs while carrying out indiscriminate firing near Check post No.1 at Tetriakhad Colliery by some unknown persons resulting in injuries to four civilians. The case was originally registered at Balumath police station in Latehar. The FIR was recorded on December 19, 2020. The NIA took over the case on March 04, last year
The investigation has established that the accused persons are members of Sujit Sinha and Aman Sahu gang. Accused Pankaj Karmali was part of a criminal conspiracy and was involved in the terror attack in Tetariakhand colliery on December 18, 2020 in order to extort money for the terrorist gang. Accused Vikash Anand Ojha on the directions of accused Aman Sahu, had received consignments of arms and ammunition from the suppliers and further provided it to accused Akash Kumar Roy who had further provided the consignments to gang members for terrorist activities. Accused Akash Kumar Roy and accused Kundan Kumar had provided harbor to one of the main members of the terrorist gang Shahrukh Ansari. Earlier NIA had filed two charge sheets against 20 accused persons on August 5, 2021, and January 26, 2022, in this case.
