New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested an absconding accused in a 2021 CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case involving attempts to re-energise the banned terrorist organisation in the Magadh Zone, the agency said in a press release.

The accused, identified as Chandan Kumar, was nabbed in Mumbai. A resident of district Jehanabad, Bihar, he was an active member of CPI (Maoist) and was involved in raising funds and also encouraging old cadres to rejoin the outfit to carry out acts of terrorism, it said.

The NIA Special Court at Ranchi, Jharkhand, had earlier declared Chandan as an absconder and, in October 2023, issued non-bailable arrest warrants against him.

NIA had registered the case RC-05/2021/NIA/R...