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 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 re-join the outfit to carry out acts of terrorism.

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

NIA had registered the case suo moto in December 2021 against Pradyuman Sharma - a ...