NIA files 3rd charge-sheet against 7 Naxals in killing five police personnel in Jharkhand

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday filed the third supplementary charge-sheet against seven Naxals from Jharkhand and West Bengal in connection with their involvement in the killing of five police personnel in Jharkhand in an ambush in June 2019. The agency filed the charge sheet in a Special Court at Ranchi against Soma Sardar, Atul Mahto, Ram Prasad Mardi, Gulshan Singh Munda, Ravi Singh Sardar and Pradeep Mondal under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
case pertains to an attack on the police party by the Naxal cadres on 14th June 2019, at Kukru Haat in Seraikela Kherswan district in which five police personnel were killed and their arms and ammunition were looted. The case was initially registered on 15th June 2019, at Tiruldih Police Station of Saraikela Kherswan district and Jharkhand Police arrested 11 accused and filed two charge-sheets against them. The NIA had re-registered the case on 9th December 2020.