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India News: The Gauhati high court acquitted Thursday five of six suspected Ulfa(I) members convicted by a lower court in 2019 for the Independence Day explosion
All accused in 2004 Assam blast on I-Day acquitted thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Gauhati High Court has acquitted all six convicts in the 2004 bomb blast in Assam s Dhemaji. The Assam government has asked the Director General of Police to study the judgment and, if legal advice is obtained, they will appeal to the Supreme Court. The blast, carried out by the proscribed militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), killed 18 people, including 13 schoolchildren.
The explosion at the Independence Day celebrations was done by proscribed militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). Six people had been convicted in 2019. The Dhemaji District and Sessions Court had sentenced Lila Gogoi, Dipanjali Borgohain, Muhi Handique and Jatin Dowari to life imprisonment, and handed a four-year jail term to Prashanta Bhuyan and Hemen Gogoi.