Bangladesh sentences ex-Dhaka police chief, 2 others to death for protest crackdown
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Those sentenced to death are former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DMP joint commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, and additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Akhtarul Islam.
A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced a former Dhaka police chief and two other senior officers to death for their role in the violent street protests of 2024 that led to the ouster of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
A three-judge panel of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), led by Justice Mohammad Golam Mortuza Mozumder, handed down the verdict after a trial in absentia. Those sentenced to death are former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DMP joint commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, and additional deputy commissioner Mohammad Akhtarul Islam.
“These three had superior status over their subordinates and are liable for superior command responsibility,” the tribunal said in its judgment. “They are found guilty and hereby awarded a single sentence of death.”
The ruling marks the second verdict by the restructured tribunal. Earlier, it sentenced the deposed premier Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death in absentia, according to news agency PTI.
The court also handed prison terms to several other officers. Assistant police commissioner Mohammad Imrul was sentenced to six years, inspector Arshad Hossain to four years, and constables Sujon Hossain, Imaj Hossain, and Nasirul Islam to three years each.
The three officers who received the death penalty and assistant commissioner Imrul were tried in absentia after being declared fugitives. The remaining accused appeared in person.
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