Agencies NEW DELHI, Aug 30: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday searched multiple locations across Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh, as part of its efforts to scuttle the attempts of the banned CPI (Maoist) to revive its presence, according to an official statement. Nine locations, linked with various accused and suspects, were searched as part of the crackdown, it said. Four of these were in Punjab, two each in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, and one in Delhi, said the statement issued by the NIA. All these states, along with Himachal Pradesh, constitute the National Regional Bureau (NRB), which the terrorist organisation is aggressively targeting in a bid to re-energise itself, NIA said.
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