DHAKA: Former Dhaka police commissioner and two other ex-police officers were on Monday sentenced to death by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for "crimes against humanity" during the 2024 violent protests that led to then PM Sheikh Hasina's ouster. A case in which death penalty was handed down to Hasina and then home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in Nov last year.
They are accused of their role in the crackdown on protesters under the directions of the then Hasina-led Awami League govt. The 2024 'July uprising' saw Hasina - who ICT had said was the "mastermind and principal architect" of the violent repression that killed hundreds of protesters - flee Bangladesh.
