New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted a key accused in a Bihar case of attempted revival of the banned Communist Party of India (CPI) (Maoist) or naxal terror organisation in the Magadh zone.

Lakshman Paswan is the fifth accused to be chargesheeted under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on charges of his active involvement in the collection of levy from business establishments for providing logistical support to naxal cadres and for his engagement in organising meetings for inciting and coercing people into joining the terror outfit.

The accused's activities were aimed at strengthening and re-energising the organisation in the Magadh region...