The government of Assam declined to give a formal reaction to the death sentence of Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Barua in the 10-truck arms smuggling case.
Assam’s Home Secretary GD Tripathy said he was aware of the verdict, Mizoram-based MizoNews reported yesterday after the verdict.
“However, we are yet to receive official communication in this regard,” Tripathy said. “I can comment only after I receive formal communication.”
Paresh Barua, leader of a faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), is currently on the run and is one of India’s most wanted militants.
He along with 13 others, including Bangladesh’s former junior home minister Lutfozzaman Babar and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, were sentenced to death in one of the 10-trucks arms haul cases.