The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet towards 12 individuals in a case regarding the assault on the convoy of BJP chief Priyangu Pandey and his associates in Bhatpara space of North 24 Parganas district in August.
The accused have been recognized as Md Abed Khan alias Banty, Md Arif, Wasimuddin Ansari alias Bhuma, Md Nasim, Firdush Iqbal, Md Tanveer, Sanjay Shaw, Md Chand, Aakash Singh, Md Sohaib Aktar, Md Aakbar and Sagar Singh, the NIA stated in an announcement.
The chargesheet, which was filed earlier than a particular NIA courtroom right here, has uncovered a prison conspiracy behind the assault, stated the assertion.
Pandey and his staff had been attacked with explosives and firearms close to gate quantity 3, Anglo Indian Jute Mill employees quarters, Bhatpara on August 28. His driver Ravi Verma and a detailed aide Rabi Singh had obtained gunshot accidents within the assault.
The assault befell when the convoy was on its method to the home of former MP Arjun Singh.