Bangladesh Court acquits key accused in 2004 10-truck arms haul case meant for ULFA to destabilise Assam

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Follow us on Image Source : PTI/FILE Paresh Barua A Bangladeshi High Court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of ULFA leader Paresh Barua to life imprisonment and acquitted a former junior minister and five others in a 2004 case of attempted smuggling of weapons to the separatist outfit in northeast India. A total of 10 truckloads of weapons were seized in April 2004 despite alleged efforts of certain “influential quarters” for its safe passage to United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) hideouts in northeastern India through Chattogram, which was then spelt as 'Chittagong'. The seized weapons included over 27,000...