The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against three individuals, including ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah, for their involvement in a conspiracy to carry out multiple IED blasts in Assam on Independence Day last year. Baruah, also known by several aliases, is the chairman and self-styled commander-in-chief of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I). Along with Abhijit Gogoi and Jahnu Boruah, he faces charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and the Explosive Substances Act. The trio was linked to IEDs planted at Dispur Last Gate in Guwahati as part of a broader ULFA (I) plan to disrupt Independence Day celebrations. According to the NIA, the explosives were intended to cause death, injury, property destruction, and to threaten the unity and sovereignty of India by spreading terror among the public.