The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a Maoist operative, Ashu Korsa of Bijapur district, for his alleged involvement in the targeted killing of Indian Army personnel Motiram Achala in Chhattisgarh last year. The chargesheet was filed before the NIA Special Court in Jagdalpur on Friday.
According to officials, Korsa was part of a broader conspiracy hatched by the banned CPI (Maoist) outfit to instill fear among locals and undermine the authority of the Indian state in the region. The victim, Motiram Achala, was gunned down in broad daylight while attending a local fair with his family in Useli village, located in the Amabeda area of Kanker district, on February 25, 2024.
Investigations revealed that Korsa, an armed cadre of the Kuyemari Area Committee under the North Bastar Division of CPI (Maoist), carried out the attack along with a senior Maoist leader. The NIA took over the case from local police on February 29, 2024, and arrested Korsa in December the same year.
The NIA stated that the act was a deliberate attempt to spread terror among civilians and was part of the CPI (Maoist)’s ongoing campaign against security forces and state institutions in Chhattisgarh’s tribal heartland.
