International Crimes Tribunal arrests Sheikh Hasina-sentences her to 6 months jail term
International Crimes Tribunal arrests Sheikh
Hasina-sentences her to 6 months jail term
In a new development International Crimes Tribunal has arrested former Bangladesh PM over a contempt of court case and sentences her to six months jail term.
Reportedly, the sentence marks the first time that the ousted Awami League leader has been sentenced in any case since she fled the country around a year ago.
The verdict was issued by a three-member bench of the International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, The Dhaka Tribune reported.
The report added that the tribunal also sentenced Shakil Akand Bulbul of Gobindaganj in Gaibandha to two months in prison in the same case.
Notedly, in June this year, the prosecutors at the International Crimes Tribunal formally charged Hasina of crimes against humanity amidst the mass protest last year.
Mohammad Tajul Islam, the chief prosecutor at ICT alleged that Hasina orchestrated a “systemic attack” on protests against her government.
According to a UN rights office report, around 1,400 were killed between July 15 and August 15, 2024, as retaliatory violence continued even after the fall of the past regime.
As per defence lawyer Amir Hossain, Hasina, has denied all charges, telling journalists that she would present “arguments to seek her discharge from these allegations.
Hasina arrived in India in August 2024 following the dramatic collapse of the Awami League government after nationwide protests. She is as of now living in a safe house in New Delhi.
News Edit KV Raman
