The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed supplementary chargesheet before the NIA Special Court, Ranchi, Jharkhand against 14 accused persons in connection with the Naxal [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] attack on former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Gurucharan Nayak and the killing of two Police personnel in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand on January 4, 2022, reports lawbeat.in. The 14 accused charge sheeted persons are: Pradhan Korah @ Mantri, Sriram Tubid @ Sheeram Tubid, Shailendra Bahanda, Pusa Lugun @ Puse Lugun, Sunia Surin, Mangal Singh Diggi, Rangiya Lugun, Kujari, Mangal Singh Lugun @ Vikram, Kishmat Korah, Misir Besra @ Sagar da @ Bhaskar Da @ Diwakar Da @ Sunirmal, Sushant Da @ Anmol @ Samar Ji @ Lalchand Hembrom, Sameer @ Lalu Modiyam, and Ashwin @ Lachhu Korsa. All the accused persons have been charge sheeted under Sections 120B, 121, 121-A, 147, 148, 149, 201, 302, 307, 333, 353, 395, 396, 397 of IPC, Sections 16, 18, 18-A, 18-B, 19, 20, 38 & 39 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Section 27 of Arms Act. The NIA press release stated, “Investigations have revealed that the accused persons are CPI (Maoist) [Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)] members and they participated in meetings in which a conspiracy was hatched to target former MLA Gurucharan Nayak. They also participated in the crime which resulted in the injury and death of police personnel and the looting of arms and ammunition. Investigations also revealed that the accused persons were involved in recruiting members for the commission of terrorist acts and organized Training Camps for carrying out terrorist activities.” As per the NIA press release, the case was initially registered on January 5, 2022, at Goilkera, Police Station in West Singhbhum, and later re-registered by the NIA on June 30, 2022.