hyderabad national investigation agency nia has seized 40 mobile phones computer storage devices and rs 10 lakh cash from activists of alleged frontal organisations of cpi maoist in telangana and andhra pradesh during searches on them for two consecutive days incidentally nia sleuths also seized sickles an axe and machetes from some of the accused during the searches at 31 locations nia seized 40 mobile phones 44 sim cards 70 storage devices like hard disks micro sd cards flash cards 184 cds dvds 19 pen drives tablets and an audio recorder apart from rs 10 lakh cash from one of the accused sickles an axe machetes besides cpi maoist flags as well as a huge number of alleged incriminating documents handwritten letters cpi maoist literature and press notes have been recovered nia conducted searches at 31 locations in andhra pradesh and telangana in the munchingput maoist case on wednesday and thursday searches were conducted in visakhapatnam guntur prakasam srikakulam kurnool krishna east godavari and kadapa of andhra pradesh and four districts of telangana rangareddy hyderabad medchalmalkajgiri and medak the case pertains to seizure of revolutionary literature of cpi maoist press notes medicines wire bundles and explosives substances from journalist pangi naganna who was intercepted by munchingput police in vizag during vehicle checking nia in an official note released on thursday said investigation revealed that pangi naganna had been ostensibly working as a journalist and was passing information about the police movement to the leaders of cpimaoist he has also been involved in instigating the villagers to obstruct combing operations of police and prevent them from entering their villages and motivating the villagers to revolt against police parties and hold rallies against the government