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

Guwahati, June 14: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed chargesheet against three persons including Assam's banned militant 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 in 2024.

Paresh Baruah, along with two ULFA I members Abhijit Gogoi alias Abhijeet 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.

In the investigation of NIA through out the state 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 2024, the agency said.

The NIA, which took over the probe in September 2024, found that the IEDs were planted with the intent to cause death or injury, destroy property, and threaten the unity, integrity, and sovereignty of India and to spread terror among the people.