The National Investigation Agency has filed a supplementary chargesheet against banned organisation United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent)’s Commander-in-Chief Paresh Baruah and four others accused in a 2019 Guwahati grenade blast case, ANI reported on Thursday.
The four others named in the chargesheet filed on Tuesday are Pappu Koch Bokoliyal, Amrit Ballav Goswami, Arunodoy Dahotiya and Munna Baruah. All five have been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 121 (waging war against the government).
The United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), commonly known as ULFA(I), had claimed responsibility for the blast that had injured 12 people in Guwahati’s Zoo Road in May 2019. Two ULFA(I) cadres had lobbed a grenade at a group of policemen.
NIA had taken over the case on June 26, 2019 and filed a chargesheet in November that year. During its inquiry, the…