A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Guwahati on March 22, awarded life imprisonment to National Democratic Front Boroland (NDFB) militant, Rabi Basumatary, in a 2014 case of indiscriminating firing on villagers in Assam, reports India Today NE.On May 1, 2014, along with six other NDFB cadres, the accused had entered Balapra village under the Gosaigaon Police Station area of Kokrajhar District of Assam and opened indiscriminate fire on the villagers over instructions from top NDFB leadership headed by G.Bidai and Songbijit. In this regard, the special NIA court subsequently registered the case as Special Case in 2015. He was convicted on March 13 and has been sentenced to life imprisonment in two cases and rigorous imprisonment (RA) in two others under charges of Sections 302, 307, and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 16 (1) (a) and 20 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) Act, 1967.