In what could prove
to be clinching 'evidence'
of Communist Party of
India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
general secretary Mupalla
Lakshmana Rao alias
Ganapathy’s complicity
in Left-wing extremist
(LWE) violence across
the country, the arms
manufacturing units, which
were busted by the West
Bengal Police and the
National Investigation
Agency (NIA) in March,
were set up at his direct
supervision, reports The
Times of India. Investigations
revealed that the units
assembled thousands of
low-cost rocket launchers,
estimated to cost INR
50 million, in the past
three years. The units
acted as a conduit to
procure components for
manufacturing launchers
from various companies
in Kolkata and Mumbai
on the pretext of making
boilers or other machines.
The chain of command
included three top Maoist
leaders, apart from the
party's technical committee
chief Sadanala Ramakrishna,
who is in custody. The
NIA, which has completed
investigations into its
first Maoist violence
case, is likely to file
the charge sheet in the
third week of August. |
