National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 11 filed a charge sheet naming eight persons in the grenade lobbing case before a special court in Guwahati in Kamrup metropolitan District in Assam, reports East Mojo. The charge sheet has named Pappu Koch Bokoliyal alias Bijoy Asom, Jahnabee Saikia, Pranamoy alias Pranmay Rajguru, Chinmoy Lahkar, Indra Mohan Bora, Amrit Ballav Goswami, Sankib Talukdar and Prakash Rajkonwar. On May 15 a grenade was lobbed Guwahati’s Zoo road wounding 12 people. The NIA has revealed that Pappu Koch Bokoliyal lobbed the grenade on the busy RG Baruah Road in Guwahati. NIA stated that "In this terrorist act, he was assisted by Chinmoy Lahkar, who was riding a motorcycle, on which Bokoliyal was riding pillion when he lobbed the grenade. NIA also added that “The investigation revealed that Jahnabee Saikia had provided transportation and shelter to the main accused Bokoliyal and was also actively involved in unlawful activities. She also involved in the conspiracy to commit terrorist acts and had also concealed arms, ammunition and explosive substances in her rented house,". NIA also said that, "Pranmay Rajguru and Sankib Talukdar were involved in conspiracy, unlawful activities and in providing help and support to Bokoliyal in committing the terrorist act."
Government of India (GoI) has approved Assam Police’s plan to create a seamless intelligence sharing online platform among the police forces of all the eight north-eastern states, reports Assam Tribune on November 12. Equipped with geo-tagging, the project, according to sources, is one of its kind in the country where, for the first time, police forces of eight states would share inputs and facilitate each other’s investigation on request, under an organised technological set-up. The much-awaited project envisages creating a proactive network among the neighbouring states when it comes to handling organised crimes with cross-border ramification, including abduction.