The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a cost sheet towards three individuals, together with a Myanmar nationwide, in a case of extortion by members of banned terror outfits in Manipur.

The cost sheet was filed within the NIA Special Court, Imphal, towards the three cadres of the proscribed terrorist organisations, specifically PRA (People’s Revolutionary Army), KCP (Kangleipak Communist Party), PREPAK (People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak) and UNLF (United National Liberation Front), amongst others.

The accused, charged below numerous sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), have been recognized as Deepak Sharma alias Khinmaung (38) of Myanmar, Suraj Jasiwal (33) of Manipur and Shaikhom Bruce Meetei (38), additionally from Manipur. Deepak Sharma has been moreover charged below the Foreigners Act, 1946.

“The accused had been raising and collecting the funds with the intention to further the activities of these terrorist organizations,” stated a NIA spokesperson.

“Investigations so far have revealed that the cadres of the banned outfits had been making extortion calls to the people in Imphal and the Valley areas to raise funds for their organizations. These cadres shared bank account details of their associates with the victims and instructed them to deposit the extortion money in the same,” the spokesperson stated.

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The federal company had registered the suo motu case within the matter on 9 March 2022.

The violence in Manipur has claimed 142 lives until July 4, the state authorities knowledgeable the Supreme Court on Monday by submitting an up to date standing report, which disclosed that almost all of fatalities occurred within the valley districts because the state nonetheless reels below ethnic tensions.