NIA charge sheets CPI (Maoist) leader over anti- nation conspiracy

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charge-sheeted a top leader of the banned CPI (Maoist) faction for allegedly waging a war against the country.

C P Moideen alias Girish was charged under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, and IPC, in the supplementary charge sheet filed before the special court in Hyderabad by the anti- terror agency on Friday.

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According to findings in the investigation, Moideen was actively involved in the Maoist conspiracy to wage a war against the union government.

As per officials, the evidence gathered during the probe confirmed his role in the Maoist operations in Western Ghats Special Zonal Committee (WGSZC) of the terror outfit.

Further NIA investigations revealed that he was a member of the SZC, and took over as the secretary of the same after the arrest of a Central Committee Member identified as Sanjoy Deepak Rao, in September 2023.

According to the agency, he oversaw People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) squads, which is an armed wing of the CPI (Maoist).

He was involved and led the recruitment drives, propagated ideology, and planned violent actions targeting security forces in the Kerala-Karnataka-Tamil Nadu tri-junction, the anti-terror organisation found during its probe.

Moideen was taken into custody by Kerala Police last year in the month of August, and was formally arrested by the NIA in January 2025.

The case was originally filed by the Telangana Police during September 2023 against the cadres/ members of CPI (Maoist) and its frontal organizations following the arrest of Sanjoy Deepak Rao.

Rao was nabbed when he was found carrying arms and ammunition along with Maoist literature.

Subsequently, the case was taken over by NIA, which had charged Rao, and carried forward the probe as part of its efforts to scuttle CPI (Maoist)’s revival attempts, and also dismantle its urban and armed networks.