New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an absconding aide of armed cadres of the proscribed CPI (Maoist) organisation for his involvement in the 2021 Lanji Forest IED blast in Jharkhand, which claimed the lives of three security personnel and injured three others, the agency said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Sawan Tuti alias Saban Tuti, a resident of Seraikela-Kharsawan district in Jharkhand, was apprehended from Munnar in Idukki district, Kerala, on Monday.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs and in coordination with the Kerala Police, NIA officials arrested Tuti, who had been evading arrest for over three years.

During the operation, the agency recovered a mobile phone, SIM cards, and ...