New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a Maoist cadre for his involvement in the targeted killing of an Army personnel in Chhattisgarh.
The incident dates back to February 25, 2024. Motiram Achala, an Indian Army personnel, was at the Useli village fair in the Amabeda area of Kanker with his family when he was shot dead.
The accused has been identified as Ashu Korsa of Bijapur in Chhattisgarh in the chargesheet filed before the NIA special court in Jagdalpur on Friday, an official said.
“NIA investigations in the case revealed that the accused was involved in the criminal conspiracy of the CPI (Maoist), a proscribed terrorist organisation, to kill Motiram Achala,” he said.
The NIA had taken over the case, registered by the local police, on February 29, 2024. It found that Korsa was an active armed cadre of the Kuyemari Area Committee of the North Bastar Division operating under the CPI (Maoist), a statement issued by the agency said.
“He, along with another senior Maoist leader, identified Achala and killed him,” it has been mentioned in the statement.
Korsa was arrested by the NIA in December last year in connection with the conspiracy, which was aimed at striking terror in the minds of the people of that area, the statement added.
