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

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…