Aizawl: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet against five individuals in Mizoram for their alleged involvement in supplying a substantial cache of prohibited arms and ammunition to a Bangladeshi militant group.
The accused — Lalbiakchunga alias Divid alias David, Lalthawmcheuva alias Thawma, Malsawma alias Malsawma Loncheu, Rualliansanga alias Sanga and Alok Bikash Chakma — have been named in a chargesheet filed before a court in Aizawl.
They have been charged under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the Arms Act, 1959, and the Foreigners Act, 1946, the NIA said in a statement.
The case was initially registered on January 15, 2025 by Mizoram Police.
The NIA, which took over and re-registered the case two months later, uncovered a criminal conspiracy by the accused to supply the prohibited weapons and ammunition to armed cadres of the UPDF (United Peoples Democratic Front) militant outfit based in the Chittagong area in Bangladesh, it said.
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The weapons seized from Saithah village, Mamit district, Mizoram, include six AK 47 rifles, 13 magazines and 10,050 rounds of ammunition, the probe agency said.
NIA said further investigations are currently underway to trace additional links in the cross-border smuggling network.
