Three of the accused, recognized as Sunita Potam, Shankar Muchaki and Dashrath, alias Dasru Modiyam, had been workplace bearers of Moolwasi Bachao Manch (MBM), a frontal organisation of CPI (Maoist), NIA stated.
MBM was banned by the Chhattisgarh authorities underneath the Chhattisgarh Particular Public Safety Act, 2005, in October final yr. The fourth accused, Mallesh Kunjam, was an armed cadre of CPI (Maoist) and continues to be absconding.
As per NIA investigations, the 4 had been actively engaged in elevating, accumulating, storing and distributing funds for CPI (Maoist).