In connection with its ongoing investigation into a Naxal case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at eight locations across five districts in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The districts of Prayagraj, Varanasi, Chandauli, Azamgarh, and Deoria in Uttar Pradesh are the locations of the raids.
As per officials sources in the anti-terror agency, the raids were conducted early on Tuesday “in connection with NIA Case no. RC- 01/2023/NIA/LKW revival of NRB of CPI (Maoist) case”.
Multiple NIA teams carried out searches simultaneously at all these eight locations which are the residential and office premises of the suspects.