Verdict on Chankharpul murders during Uprising on Tuesday, to be telecast live

This will be the second verdict delivered by the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is set to deliver the verdict in the case filed over the six murders in Dhaka’s Chankharpul during the July Uprising.

The verdict will be delivered on Tuesday, deciding the fate of eight suspects, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman.

A three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 bench, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, will deliver the judgment.

The two other members of the tribunal are Justice Shafiul Alam Mahmud and retired district and sessions judge Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.

The entire verdict proceeding will be broadcast live on the state-owned television channel Bangladesh Television (BTV).

This will be the second verdict in the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal.

The first verdict of the tribunal came on Nov 17 last year, when former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal were sentenced to death.

Former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was given a “lenient” sentence of five-year imprisonment in the same verdict after he turned state witness.

[Updates to follow]