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Hindustan Times
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Mathura man supplied drones to Naxals to keep eye on security forces: NIA
A Mathura man, who was arrested in Delhi on June 29 by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his links with the banned CPI (Maoist), supplied drones to Naxalites and trained them to operate the equipment and keep watch on security forces' activities in the forest areas of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha, NIA officials privy to the investigation confirmed. For representation only During interrogation, the man identified as Vishal Singh revealed he had been supplying drones and providing operational training in dense forests for the past seven years, the officials said. The officials confirmed that Vishal Singh, the key accused in the revival of a CPI (Maoist) Northern Region Bureau (NRB), had delivered drones to leaders of the banned outfit in the Chhakarbanda- Pachrukhiya forest area of Bihar. Singh had imparted technical training to cadres of CPI (Maoist) and had also attended meetings with its central committee members deep in the forest areas of Bihar in 2019, the officials further said. NIA officials stated that Vishal Singh acted as a clandestine service provider, largely maintaining a normal life in Delhi. They added that Singh kept abreast of the latest technology while in the national capital and improvised it for the benefit of Naxalite groups operating in dense forest areas. The NIA is investigating the case and probing the extent of Vishal Singh's involvement with the CPI (Maoist). The agency is also examining the digital evidence seized during search operations to uncover more details about the organisation's activities and plans. The arrest highlights the ongoing efforts of the NIA to dismantle operations of banned terrorist organizations in the country. The NIA had confirmed that the agency seized digital devices, including hard drives, pen drives and mobile phones, as well as other incriminating material, during a search at Singh's West Delhi house. In August 2024, the NIA had arrested another accused, Ajay Singhal alias Aman, who was in charge of the Haryana and Punjab state organising committee of CPI (Maoist). The case relates to the terrorist organisation's conspiracy to revive its waning influence in the Northern Regional Bureau (NRB) area, officials said.
The Hindu
22-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Anti-terror agency nabs one more in Maoist revival conspiracy case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday (June 22, 2025) arrested a key accused involved in the attempts to revive a Communist Party of India (Maoist) Northern Region Bureau (NRB) terror module. The agency also seized digital devices, including hard drives, pen drives, and mobile phones, as well as other 'incriminating' material during a search in the West Delhi house of the accused person identified as Vishal Singh, originally from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. 'Investigations have revealed that the accused, a member of the CPI (Maoist), had delivered a drone to leaders of the banned terror outfit in Chhakarbanda/Panchrukhiya forest area of Bihar to further its anti-national activities. He had imparted technical training to other members of the group and had also attended meetings with its central committee members in Bihar in 2019,' the probe agency said. The NIA had earlier in August last year arrested another accused, Ajay Singhal alias Aman, the in-charge of the State Organising Committee (SOC) Haryana and Punjab of the CPI (Maoist), in the case registered in 2023. 'The case relates to the terror organisation's conspiracy to re-energise its decrepit influence in the Northern Regional Bureau (NRB) area, comprising Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The conspiracy involves recruitment and strengthening of the organisation in the region through underground cadres working in urban areas, along with some Over Ground Workers (OGWs) operating in the guise of activists,' the agency said. According to the NIA, several front organisations and student wings have been used to prepare the ground as part of the conspiracy in order to 'wage war against the Government of India'. The suspects were receiving funds from the outfit's Eastern Regional Bureau, particularly from Jharkhand.
Qatar Tribune
27-05-2025
- Business
- Qatar Tribune
Bangladesh's tax workers end strike as govt backtracks
Agencies Bangladesh's tax authority workers ended a two-week partial strike on Sunday after they said the interim government would address their demands to stop an overhaul of the body. Earlier on Sunday, security forces had surrounded the national tax authority headquarters, after government orders to reform the National Board of Revenue (NBR) sparked fury from employees. Joint Tax Commissioner Monalisa Saha Sushmita told reporters at the main NBR building in Dhaka, where police and armed security gathered, that the workers would begin a 'complete' shutdown. Hours later, NRB senior official Abdur Rouf said the strike had ended. 'The government assured to take care of our demands, and that's why we have called off our strike,' Rouf told AFP. 'Our next step is negotiation.' NRB officials had said their strike had resulted in the revenues not being collected that totaled $122-163 million per day. It was not possible to verify those figures. Bangladesh has been in turmoil since a student-led revolt ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, ending her 15-year iron-fisted rule. The interim government - led by Nobel Peace Prize-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus - is trying to enact sweeping reforms. The tax board protest reflects the divisions, rival loyalties and confusion between government branches and the caretaker administration. The government proposals would have allowed civil servants from outside the NRB to take top roles. Bangladesh is the world's second-largest garment manufacturer, while textile and garment production accounts for about 80 percent of the country's exports. The industry has been rebuilding after it was hit hard by last year's unrest. In separate protests on Sunday, hundreds of civil servants demonstrated in Dhaka against a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. 'If the government proceeds with the amended ordinance, the interim government will face severe criticism,' said Mohammad Nazrul Islam from the Inter-Ministerial Employees Association.
Kuwait Times
27-05-2025
- Business
- Kuwait Times
Bangladesh's tax workers end strike as govt backtracks
DHAKA: Civil officials stage a demonstration inside the Secretariat building in Dhaka, demanding the repeal of a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. – AFP DHAKA: Bangladesh's tax authority workers ended a two-week partial strike on Sunday after they said the interim government would address their demands to stop an overhaul of the body. Earlier on Sunday, security forces had surrounded the national tax authority headquarters, after government orders to reform the National Board of Revenue (NBR) sparked fury from employees. Joint Tax Commissioner Monalisa Saha Sushmita told reporters at the main NBR building in Dhaka, where police and armed security gathered, that the workers would begin a "complete" shutdown. Hours later, NRB senior official Abdur Rouf said the strike had ended. "The government assured to take care of our demands, and that's why we have called off our strike," Rouf told AFP. "Our next step is negotiation." NRB officials had said their strike had resulted in the revenues not being collected that totaled $122-163 million per day. It was not possible to verify those figures. Bangladesh has been in turmoil since a student-led revolt ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, ending her 15-year iron-fisted rule. The interim government - led by Nobel Peace Prize-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus - is trying to enact sweeping reforms. The tax board protest reflects the divisions, rival loyalties and confusion between government branches and the caretaker administration. The government proposals would have allowed civil servants from outside the NRB to take top roles. Bangladesh is the world's second-largest garment manufacturer, while textile and garment production accounts for about 80 percent of the country's exports. The industry has been rebuilding after it was hit hard by last year's unrest. In separate protests on Sunday, hundreds of civil servants demonstrated in Dhaka against a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. "If the government proceeds with the amended ordinance, the interim government will face severe criticism," said Mohammad Nazrul Islam from the Inter-Ministerial Employees Association. - AFP
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Bangladesh government workers protest tax authority reform
Bangladesh government workers protest tax authority reform DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces surrounded the national tax authority headquarters on Sunday as its employees extended a two-week-long strike over the interim government's reforms, reportedly leaving millions of dollars in taxes uncollected. Government orders to overhaul the powerful tax authority, the National Board of Revenue (NBR), have sparked fury from ordinary employees to top management. "Tax, customs, and VAT -- all three wings will observe a complete work abstention from Monday," Joint Tax Commissioner Monalisa Saha Sushmita told reporters at the main NBR building in Dhaka, where police and armed security gathered. Bangladesh has been in turmoil since a student-led revolt ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, ending her 15-year iron-fisted rule. The interim government -- led by Nobel Peace Prize microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus -- is trying to instil sweeping government reforms. The tax board protest reflects the divisions, rival loyalties and confusion between government branches and the caretaker administration. The government order issued on May 12 proposed splitting the powerful money-raising NRB into two. Crucially, it would also hand control of the new sections to government-chosen civil servants from outside the NRB. Sushmita claimed that the strike will mean, in effect, that "imports and exports will also be halted" and that tax revenues totalling between $122-163 million per day had not been collected since the strike began. It was not possible to verify those figures. Bangladesh is the world's second-largest garment manufacturer, while textile and garment production accounts for about 80 percent of the country's exports. The industry has been rebuilding after it was hit hard by last year's unrest. In separate protests on Sunday, hundreds of civil servants demonstrated in Dhaka against a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. "If the government proceeds with the amended ordinance, the interim government will face severe criticism," said Mohammad Nazrul Islam from the Inter-Ministerial Employees Association.
