Overview

• Vishal Singh was detained in West Delhi for delivering a drone to CPI (Maoist) leaders in the Chhakarbanda forests of Bihar to support violent anti-national operations.
• Investigators recovered hard drives, pen drives and mobile phones during a search at his Mathura-origin home, unearthing incriminating digital evidence.
• Evidence shows he provided technical training to fellow cadres and attended central committee meetings in deep forest areas of Bihar in 2019.
• The probe targets a broader conspiracy to re-energise Maoist influence across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
• Officials say the network used front organisations and student wings and received funds from the Eastern Regional Bureau in Jharkhand, with further arrests anticipated.