NIA charge-sheets ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah and four others in the Guwahati IED case
17 October 2026
The National Investigation Agency has filed a charge-sheet against five accused, including Paresh Baruah, chief of the banned terrorist outfit ULFA (I), in an Assam improvised explosive device case.
The charge-sheet was filed before the NIA special court at Guwahati.
The case concerns the recovery of an IED at Motilal Nehru Road, Panbazar, Guwahati, on 15 August 2024.
It was first registered at Panbazar police station in Guwahati on 16 August 2024 and re-registered by the NIA on 27 February 2025.
The accused have been charge-sheeted under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, and the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
In plain words
IED Improvised Explosive Device — A home-made bomb assembled outside standard military production.
UAPA Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act — The 1967 law under which organisations can be declared unlawful or terrorist.