Maoist Cadre Indicted for Army Personnel's Targeted Killing in Chhattisgarh

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against Maoist cadre Ashu Korsa for his alleged involvement in the murder of an Army personnel in Chhattisgarh last year. The charges were made in a special court in Jagdalpur, according to agency officials.

The investigation uncovered Korsa's role in a criminal conspiracy orchestrated by the banned CPI (Maoist) to assassinate Army personnel Motiram Achala. Achala was killed during a visit to a village fair in Kanker district in February of the previous year.

The NIA assumed control over the case earlier this year, uncovering that Korsa, who was arrested in December, was an active member of the Kuyemari Area Committee of North Bastar Division under the CPI (Maoist), aiming to instill terror in the local population.

(With inputs from agencies.)