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Bangladesh court cancels death for Ulfa Chief Paresh Baruah in Chattogram arms-haul case of 20004
Bangladesh court cancels death for Ulfa Chief Paresh Baruah in Chattogram arms-haul case of 20004
A Bangladesh court has acquitted six people, including a former minister, and reduced the death sentence of Ulfa chief Paresh Baruah in connection with the sensational 2004 arms-haul case. Ten truckloads of arms and ammunition meant for anti-India terrorists were seized in Chattogram.
A Bangladesh court has reduced Paresh Baruah’s death sentence, originally handed down during the Sheikh Hasina regime, to a life term. (File Image/ Bangladesh High Court)
A high court bench in Bangladesh has acquitted former minister Lutfozzaman Babar and five others in the 2004 Chattogram arms-haul case. The death sentence of Paresh Baruah, the chief of the banned terror organisation Ulfa, has been reduced to a life term, according to Prothom Alo. The case pertains to 10 truckloads of arms and ammunition meant for terror organisations working against India.
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