Unknown event in West Bengal, Kolkata area, India on Sat 10th February 2024

The Kolkata Police Special Task Force (STF) recovered a looted carbine from a hideout of arrested Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) leaders Sabyasachi Goswami and Sanjoy Mondal in Pailan, Joka, in the Kolkata capital of West Bengal on February 10, reports The Times of India. Police said the 9mm carbine appeared to have been issued by the government to Security Forces (SFs) for use in Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist, LWE] zones. “This is crucial evidence that indicates those arrested were part of a group that attacked the security forces. Two magazines, 20 rounds of live 9mm ammunition, Rs 21,000 in cash, a laptop, SD cards, card readers, organizational literature, and magazines and letters written by purported CPI (Maoist) leaders have been seized,” said STF joint Commissioner of Police Solomon V. Nesakumar. CPI-Maoist ‘central committee (CC)’ member Sabyasachi Goswami alias Kishore Da, who featured on the most-wanted list of the NIA for his role in resurrecting Left Wing Extremism in the Assam-Bengal corridor, had been arrested from Purulia on January 11. Thereafter, ‘state committee member’ of the CPI-Maoist Mondal was arrested from Narendrapur on February 8. Police have now added 25 (AA)/25 (a)(b) Arms Act to the First Information Report (FIR) in the case that already has Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) sections.