- United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) military wing chief Paresh Barua was sentenced to death in absentia in the sensational 10-truck arms haul case
- Jamaat-e-Islami chief and former minister Matiur Rahman Nizami and
- ex-junior minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar in the then Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led rightwing government
in Bangladesh's biggest ever weapons haul case, nearly 10 years after the seizure took place.
Around 1,500 boxes containing submachine guns, AK-47 assault rifles, submachine carbines, Chinese pistols, rocket launchers, 27,000 grenades and 11.41 million bullets were seized from 10 trucks on the early hours of April 2, 2004.
All the accused were tried under the Arms Act for illegal possession of firearms and the Special Powers Act, 1974 for weapon smuggling.
''The verdict has been delivered on receiving permission from the High Court Division'' the report quoted Judge S M Mojibur Rahman of the Chittagong Metropolitan Special Tribunal-1,as sayingwhile delivering the verdict
"The
verdict has been delivered on receiving permission from High Court
division," the report quoted judge S.M Mojibur Rahman of the Chittagong
Metropolitan Special Tribunal-1, as saying while delivering the verdict -
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Paresh
Barua, leader of the anti-talk faction of the ULFA, is among the 14
people awarded the death sentence by a Bangladesh court Thursday in
connection with a 2004 arms smuggling case.
A special court in Chittagong handed the death sentence to Barua and 13 others, including Jamaat chief and then industries minister Motiur Rahman Nizami and then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, for smuggling in 10 truckloads of firearms in 2004 - See more at: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/Bangladesh-court-orders-death-for-ULFA-commander-Paresh-Barua-13-others/15059025#sthash.pJi7d0Xt.dpuf
A special court in Chittagong handed the death sentence to Barua and 13 others, including Jamaat chief and then industries minister Motiur Rahman Nizami and then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, for smuggling in 10 truckloads of firearms in 2004 - See more at: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/Bangladesh-court-orders-death-for-ULFA-commander-Paresh-Barua-13-others/15059025#sthash.pJi7d0Xt.dpuf
Paresh
Barua, leader of the anti-talk faction of the ULFA, is among the 14
people awarded the death sentence by a Bangladesh court Thursday in
connection with a 2004 arms smuggling case.
A special court in Chittagong handed the death sentence to Barua and 13 others, including Jamaat chief and then industries minister Motiur Rahman Nizami and then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, for smuggling in 10 truckloads of firearms in 2004 - See more at: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/Bangladesh-court-orders-death-for-ULFA-commander-Paresh-Barua-13-others/15059025#sthash.pJi7d0Xt.dpuf
A special court in Chittagong handed the death sentence to Barua and 13 others, including Jamaat chief and then industries minister Motiur Rahman Nizami and then state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, for smuggling in 10 truckloads of firearms in 2004 - See more at: http://www.mid-day.com/articles/Bangladesh-court-orders-death-for-ULFA-commander-Paresh-Barua-13-others/15059025#sthash.pJi7d0Xt.dpuf
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