NIA Charges ULFA-I Chief, Two Others In 2024 Assam IED Blast Conspiracy

way2barak, June 14: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three persons including banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) chief Paresh Baruah for being part of a conspiracy to carry out multiple IED blasts in Assam on Independence Day last year.

Baruah, along with Abhijit Gogoi and Jahnu Boruah alias Arnob Asom alias Huntu, has been charged under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and the Explosive Substances Act in a court in Guwahati on Friday, the NIA said in a statement.

The three were found to be linked to improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted by the outfit at Dispur Last Gate in Guwahati as part of a broader ULFA (I) conspiracy to trigger multiple blasts across Assam to disrupt Independence Day celebrations in 2023.