Trouble mounts on Bangladesh opposition as court lists 2004 arms haul case for hearing
India Today
Weapons were allegedly brought from China for supply to the Assam separatist organization, ULFA.
The Bangladesh’s high court bench will hear an appeal in the 2004 arms haul case on October 18, adding to the troubles of the country’s Opposition - the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally, the Jamaat-e-Islami.
These weapons were allegedly brought from China for the Assam separatist organization, ULFA. Two of the convicts are dead.
Top functionaries of the BNP-JAMAAT government, including two ministers, were found involved and later convicted for involvement in the sensational case.
In Bangladesh, if a lower court sentences a person to death, the judgment is examined by the high court.
The case documents and judgment have reached the high court while several convicts in the case have filed separate appeals with the court challenging the earlier verdict against them.
On January 16, the death reference and appeal of the accused sentenced to death were listed on the High Court’s agenda.
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