The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday filed charge sheets against 16 accused in the case of misappropriation of development funds. The charge sheets were filed at Special Court in Guwahati. A Home Ministry statement said investigation of the case revealed that the accused include government servants, contractors, politicians and terrorists of the DHD(J) in conspiring to misappropriate huge amounts of the funds allocated to the North Cachar Hills Council (now Dimahasao district) for the procurement of Arms and for other activities of the DHD(J) terrorist outfit to wage war against the State. The investigation of the case was spread over five States of India – Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Karnataka and West Bengal. The case also had international dimensions with the leaders of the DHD(J) reaching out to Nepal, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar for conducting and supervising operations in North Cachar Hills by remaining away from the areas of operations. The Commander-in-Chief of the DHD(J), Niranjan Hojai used his contacts in Myanmar to organize the procurement of Arms for the DHD(J) utilizing the funds from the North Cachar Hills. He then channelled the supply of arms with the help of Arms dealers of Mizoram through the Mizoram-Myanmar border.