2 key figures arrested in Naxalite Conspiracy Case | Lucknow Information
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad, arrested two key figures, Kripashankar Singh and Binda Sona, from Prayagraj in reference to a Naxalite conspiracy case courting again to 2019. The arrests have been made as we speak following intensive investigations and the receipt of essential proof from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) this month.
The case, registered in 2019, initially named seven accused people allegedly concerned in a conspiracy to hold out Naxalite actions throughout numerous states in India.Among the many accused, Manish Srivastava and Amita Srivastava have been arrested in 2019. Subsequently, the investigation continued, resulting in the arrest of two further accused, Brijesh Kushwaha and Prabha, upon the receipt of proof within the type of the FSL report in 2023.
Extra DG, ATS, Mohit Agarwal, stated that the proof was discovered of the involvement of Kripashankar Singh and Binda Sona in Naxal actions.
“Singh, initially hailing from Kushinagar and residing in Prayagraj, has a historical past of involvement in Naxalite actions. He accomplished his polytechnic schooling in Deoria earlier than becoming a member of the NGO Rupantar in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, in 2004. It was there that he met Binda Sona, also referred to as Manju Niwasani, who was related to an NGO in Raipur. The couple subsequently married and joined the banned Naxalite group CPI (Maoist),” stated Agarwal.
Following their involvement in Naxalite actions, Singh and Sona allegedly propagated Maoist ideology amongst farmers, labourers, and college students in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, significantly in Deoria and Kushinagar. Singh was beforehand arrested in 2010 in a case registered by the STF Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur Nagar district below numerous sections of the IPC and the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act, the officer stated.
Upon launch from custody in 2016, Singh and Sona resumed their Naxalite actions, clandestinely working with high-ranking officers of the CPI (Maoist) within the Uttar Pradesh and North Bihar area. Their actions included offering shelter to wished Naxalite Kwanthan Srinivasan in Maharajganj district and holding conferences with him, the ATS stated.
