Bangladesh’s special tribunal set to deliver verdict against deposed prime minister Hasina

DHAKA: A tribunal in Bangladesh is set to deliver its verdict on Monday in a case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia, over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year’s student-led agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), which, according to Prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim, is expected to sit at 11:00 am, will also deliver its verdict against Hasina’s two aides, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, over the same charges.

Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for the accused.(PTI)