Bangladesh court commutes death sentence of ULFA’s Paresh Barua to life sentence
The Hindu
Bangladesh High Court commutes Paresh Barua's death sentence to life for 2004 arms haul, still absconding.
A Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday commuted the 2014 death sentence against ULFA leader Paresh Barua and turned it into a life sentence.
Barua and 13 others were awarded death penalty in 2016, in connection with an arms haul in 2004. He has been absconding from Bangladesh since then.
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