The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested an absconding accused in a 2021 CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case involving attempts to re-energise the banned terrorist organisation in the Magadh Zone, NIA said in a press release.
NIA, which took over the case from the local police in October 2023, had earlier filed a chargesheeted naming nine accused, including absconder Junaid Ahmed.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday chargesheeted five more accused, including four absconders, in a 2024 Chhattisgarh case relating to the procurement and supply of explosives to the banned Naxal outfit.
The wanted accused, both members of the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organisation, have been identified as Raghu alias Pratap alias Irpa alias Muddella alias Sailu of district Nizamabad, Telangana, and Shankar Mahaka of district Gadchiroli, Maharashtra.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday said it has nabbed the last of the six absconding proclaimed offenders and also arrested one more harbourer in the 2019 Ramalingam murder case.
Three separate chargesheets were filed yesterday by the anti-terror agency before the NIA Special Court, Hyderabad, against 20 arrested accused and one absconder. The cadres have been charged under various sections of UA(P) Act, Arms Act, Explosives Act and BNSS.
The absconding accused was arrested in April this year after a 3-year long hunt by the NIA, which is continuing with its search for the remaining absconders in the case.
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) condemned a court for declaring jailed activist Gulzadi Baloch an "absconder," calling it a mockery of justice. The group accused authorities of using courts as tools of repression and demanded the release of all detained leaders and withdrawal of fabricat
The ambit of the multi-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor scam has broadened with some "chat evidence"' suggesting the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about the role of some absconders believed to be in Dubai.
The absconding fraudster ,identified as Rohit Sharma, who had been declared an absconder in October 2024, was caught at IGI Airport on September 8, 2025, after evading arrest for months.