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Former Dhaka constabulary commissioner and 2 different constabulary officers were connected Monday (January 26, 2026) sentenced to decease by a peculiar Bangladesh tribunal for their alleged relation during the 2024 convulsive thoroughfare protests that led to past Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.
A three-judge sheet of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), led by Justice Mohammad Golam Mortuza Mozumder, handed down the condemnation to erstwhile Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman, erstwhile DMP associated commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty and further lawman commissioner Mohammad Akhtarul Islam aft their proceedings successful absentia.
This is the 2nd verdict delivered by the restructured ICT-BD, which earlier handed down the decease punishment to deposed premier Hasina and past Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
"These 3 (convicts) had superior presumption implicit their subordinates and are liable for superior bid responsibility. They are recovered blameworthy and hereby awarded a azygous condemnation of death," the judgement said.
The tribunal besides sentenced Dhaka’s adjunct constabulary commissioner Mohammad Imrul to six years, inspector Arshad Hossain to 4 years and 3 constables Sujon Hossain, Imaj Hossain and Nasirul Islam to three-year situation terms.
The 3 erstwhile constabulary officers who received the superior punishment and adjunct commissioner Imrul were tried successful absentia arsenic the tribunal earlier declared them arsenic fugitives portion the others faced the proceedings successful person.
The ICT-BD, which tries crimes against humanity, recovered the accused blameworthy of an incidental successful which six radical were killed by constabulary gunshots successful Dhaka’s Chankharpul country connected August 5, 2024, the time the past authorities was toppled.
ICT-BD main authoritative Muhammad Tajul Islam expressed dissatisfaction implicit the “relatively lenient punishments” for those awarded jailhouse terms.
“Though it is customary to accidental 'much obliged' aft immoderate judgement of the court, we mean to record an appeal," helium said.
In November, Ms. Hasina was sentenced to decease successful absentia by the ICT-BD for "crimes against humanity" implicit her government's brutal crackdown connected student-led protests.
In its verdict that followed a months-long trial, the tribunal described the 78-year-old Awami League person arsenic the "mastermind and main architect" of the convulsive repression that killed hundreds of protesters.
Ms. Hasina has been surviving successful India since she fled Bangladesh connected August 5, 2024, successful the look of the monolithic protests.
