New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two more individuals in connection with a plot by the banned militant outfit ULFA (Independent) to carry out a series of IED blasts across Assam during last year’s Independence Day celebrations, officials said on Thursday.
The two accused—Bhargob Gogoi and Sumu Gogoi—were apprehended from Assam’s Dibrugarh district on July 15.
According to the NIA, both were directly involved in the conspiracy to plant explosives aimed at spreading fear and undermining national security.
The arrests relate to the recovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Guwahati, allegedly placed by ULFA(I) operatives as part of a larger plan to execute coordinated blasts in the state.
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“With these arrests, the total number of accused taken into custody in the case has risen to three,” the agency said in an official statement.
The NIA had taken over the probe from Dispur Police in September 2023. Last month, the agency filed a chargesheet against three individuals in connection with the same case.
Investigations are ongoing as the agency works to dismantle what it describes as a terror conspiracy aimed at disrupting peace and threatening the sovereignty of the country.
