Overview
- Shivanand Nag and his father Narayan Prasad Nag were chargesheeted under IPC and UAPA provisions in the NIA Special Court in Jagdalpur.
- NIA statements describe the pair as active CPI (Maoist) operatives allegedly involved in the conspiracy to kill local BJP leader Ratan Dubey.
- Investigators tied the attack to the Bayanar and Barsoor area committees of the CPI (Maoist) East Bastar Division and their overground workers.
- Dubey was hacked to death with hand axes during an election campaign in a crowded market in Kaushalnar, Narayanpur, in November 2023 in an attack intended to intimidate voters.
- The agency took over the case in February 2024, earlier chargesheeted Dhan Singh Korram in June 2024 and Sainuram and Laluram Korram in December 2024, and reports of the Nags’ arrest come from unnamed police sources as the investigation remains active.