On February 25, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that it has filed the third supplementary charge sheet against a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre in the case of abduction and killing of a person named Naresh Singh Bhokta in Bihar, reportsdaijiworld.com. An NIA official said that Bhokta was abducted on November 2, 2018 and taken to a 'jan adalat' (People's/ Kangaroo Court organized by the Maoists) in Aurangabad District where the top leadership issued instructions to kill Bhokta after declaring him a ‘police informer’. The case was initially lodged at the Madanpur Police Station before NIA took over the probe. The official said that charge sheets have been filed against seven accused by the Bihar Police. "The accused chargesheeted today is Ajay Singh. Investigations have revealed that Singh, along with other CPI (Maoist) cadres, was actively involved in the abduction and murder of Bhokta. Singh was arrested on September 1, 2022," said an NIA official.