Bangladesh’s Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT) convicted deposed Awami League chief and ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 6 months in jail on a contempt of courtroom cost Wednesday in The Dhaka Tribune studies.
The three-member panel chaired by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder handed the decision. The courtroom additionally acquitted Gobindaganj’s Shakil Akand Bulbul of Gaibandha to 2 months in jail, states the report.
That is the primary time that the deposed Awami League chief has been convicted in any case since she stepped down from workplace and went into exile 11 months in the past.
Lately, ICT had formally indicted Hasina for crimes in opposition to humanity on fees of instigating mass killings as part of a nationwide rebellion in July, native media mentioned.
As per reporting by The Dhaka Tribune, fees filed by Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam and his workforce, blame Hasina because the mastermind of the brutal crackdown that transpired through the July and August in 2024 unrest.