Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has been sentenced to death in a case filed for crimes against humanity committed during July Uprising last year.
The tribunal also sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death on charges brought against her in the same case.
Security was tightened in and around the tribunal ahead of the verdict. Police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), and army personnel were deployed at the premises. Eyewitnesses reported heavy security presence around the Supreme Court, while army personnel were also positioned near the Mazar Gate.
On 13 November, ICT-1 set Monday as the date for the verdict. The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Mohammad Golam Mortuza Mozumdar, fixed the schedule.
The charges
Count-1: Hasina along with two others face charges of murder, attempted murder, torture and inhumane acts by law enforcement and armed AL cadres.
Count-2: They face charges of ordering the use of lethal weapons, helicopters and drones to subdue student protesters.
Count-3: It relates to Abu Sayed murder on 16 July, where the trio issued orders, incited, abetted, facilitated, conspired and were complicit.
Count-4: Defendants are accused of orchestrating 5 August Chankharpul killings of 6 unarmed protesters through orders, incitement, and complicity.
Count-5: It relates to shooting dead five protesters and injuring one. It also accuses the trio of burning the five dead bodies and another protester alive.
