New Delhi, May 31
Following thorough investigations, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheeted six accused in terror attack on an Army camp by ULFA (I) Assam case.
Myanmar-based United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA-I), a banned terrorist outfit, had hatched the
conspiracy and planned the execution of the attack, in which two motorcycle-borne youth had lobbed two
grenades at the Army camp in Kakopathar in Tinsukia district of Assam in November 2023. No-one was injured in the assault, which was part of a bigger conspiracy to kill or injure
Army personnel through a series of grenade attacks on Army camps across the state.
In its chargesheet filed today before NIA Special Court, Guwahati, the agency has named Paresh Baruah,
the self-styled (SS) chief of the banned organisation, along with SS Brigadier Arunudoy Dohutia, SS 2nd
Lt Saurav Asom, SS Captain Abhijit Gogoi @ Aisheng Asom, and two others, identified as Parag Borah
and Bijoy Moran, as the key conspirators and executors of the attack. Parag and Bijoy were arrested in
early December 2023 from Tinsukhia district while the other accused are absconding.
The chargesheet, which has exposed the deep rooted conspiracy hatched by the top leadership of ULFA (I) from across the international border, has been filed under relevant sections of IPC, UA(P) Act and
Explosives Substances Act. Through the chargesheet, a terror network of recruitment, training camps and execution of terrorist attacks has come to light as part of the conspiracy, aimed at the banned outfit’s
nefarious, anti-India separatist agenda.
According to the NIA, which had taken over the case earlier from Assam Police, revealed that Paresh
had masterminded the conspiracy. The duo had deputed Suresh Gogoi and
another cadre to carry out multiple terrorist attacks on Army camps in Assam.
It was further found that Abhijeet Gogoi had coordinated the entire planning, preparation and execution of the attack in the instant case. He had conspired with Bijoy Moran an Over Ground Workers (OGW) of ULFA(I), and recruited local youth to help in executing the terrorist attack.
According to NIA investigations, ULFA (I) had been using social media platforms for recruitment of
vulnerable youth into the organisation, followed by their training for terrorist activities. The proscribed
outfit was involved in planning and executing terror attacks in furtherance of its extremist and separatist
ideology.
