Guwahati: An activist of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) was apprehended for allegedly being involved in setting up units of the outlawed group in Assam from West Bengal.
The arrestee has been identified as Samrat Chakraborty alias “Nilkamal Sikdar.”
This was stated by a spokesperson of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday.
Samrat Chakraborty was arrested from Mahispata, near Narayana School on the Kalyani Expressway, the NIA spokesperson said.
Chakraborty, a resident of Seth Bagan Road in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal was also known as “Amit, Argha, Nirmal and Nirman”.
The NIA said the case is related to the arrest of veteran Maoist leader Arun Kumar Bhattacharjee alias “Jyotish” alias “Kabir” alias “Kanak” alias “Kanchan da” of West Bengal, a central committee member, and an ideologue and strategist of the CPI (Maoist).
According to the spokesperson, Bhattacharjee was tasked with founding the CPI (Maoist) organisation in Assam and strengthening its foundations throughout the state and the northeast in particular.
The organisation had submitted a charge sheet on September 2 against six apprehended suspects, including Bhattacharjee in the special NIA court in Guwahati.
The official said Chakraborty frequently travelled to the Cachar district to support Bhattacharjee in advancing the CPI (Maoist) organization’s efforts in the northeastern states, as directed by the party’s eastern regional bureau.
Further investigations into the case are underway.