Bangladesh HC cuts ULFA leader’s life term to 14 years

Last month, the court had commuted Baruah’s death sentence to life imprisonment

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Dhaka, Updated At : 06:21 AM Jan 16, 2025 IST

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The Bangladesh High Court has reduced the life sentence of ULFA leader Paresh Baruah to 14 years of imprisonment in connection with an attempt to smuggle truckloads of weapons to the hideouts of the separatist group in Assam two decades ago.

Last month, the court had commuted Baruah’s death sentence to life imprisonment.

Baruah, the United Liberation Front of Asom’s military commander who is believed to be living in China, was sentenced to death after a trial in absentia in 2014.

Bangladesh HC cuts ULFA leader’s life term to 14 years

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