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He had ties with Jaleel who was killed in an encounter
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Pantheerankavu Maoist case said on Saturday that the accused Vijith Vijayan was associated with a Maoist cadre, who was killed in an encounter at Vythiri in 2019.
The agency mentioned it in the report filed at the NIA Special Court here when Vijith was produced on expiry of his five-day custodial interrogation. The accused is alleged to have links with Jaleel, who was killed in an encounter at Vythiri on March 7, 2019. He also knew about various meetings organised by Jaleel in Kozhikode, according to the report. The court remanded him to judicial custody till February 19.
NIA arrests youth for Maoist links
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He allegedly recruited Alan, Thaha into proscribed CPI(Maoist)
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He allegedly recruited Alan, Thaha into proscribed CPI(Maoist)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a suspect Vijith Vijayan, 26, a resident of Wayanad district, in connection with the Kozhikode Maoist case.
An official statement said here on Friday that Vijith was arrested on Thursday on the charges of radicalising and recruiting two other suspects Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fazal into proscribed Communist Party of India (Maoist) [CPI(Maoist)]. He was produced before the Special NIA Court, Ernakulam, and sent to judicial custody.