ULFA-I chief Paresh Barua
| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

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.

The police had seized 10 trucks carrying weapons and ammunition from the state-owned Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Ltd. jetty while the arms were being offloaded from two fishing trawlers.

Investigations revealed that the weapons were manufactured in China and were being shipped to the ULFA.