TDS Desk:

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced three people, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman, to death in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of six people in police firing in Dhaka’s Chankharpul on 5 August 2024 amid the July Uprising.

The two others are joint commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty; former additional deputy commissioner Shah Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam.

Tribunal-1 of the reconstituted International Crimes Tribunal is pronounced the verdict on Monday (26 January).

This is the second verdict by the restructured ICT. The case involves eight police officers, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman.

In the verdict, former assistant commissioner of the Ramna zone Mohammad Imrul was sentenced to six years in prison.

The tribunal sentenced former Shahbagh Police Station inspector Md Arshad Hossain, who is in custody, to four years in prison. Former constables Md Sujan Hossain, Imaj Hossain and Md Nasirul Islam, who are now in custody, have each been sentenced to three years in prison.

The four accused who are still absconding are former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman; former DMP additional commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty; former DMP Ramna Division additional deputy commissioner Shah Alam Md Akhtarul Islam; and former Ramna Division assistant commissioner Mohammad Imrul.

The tribunal had earlier fixed 20 January for delivery of the verdict, but deferred it as the judgment was not ready, rescheduling it for today.

Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim informed journalists that the verdict announcement will be aired live on BTV.

Following the conclusion of arguments from both the prosecution and the defence, the tribunal on 24 December last year kept the case under consideration for judgment against all eight accused.

Earlier, on 14 July 2025, ICT-1 framed charges against eight accused in connection with the killings.

The prosecution filed the formal charge against all eight accused on 25 May, marking the first formal charges filed at the ICT in cases arising from the uprising.

The six victims, Shahriar Khan Anas, Sheikh Mahdi Hasan Zunayed, Md Yakub, Md Rakib Hawlader, Md Ismamul Haque, and Manik Miah, were killed in Chankharpul on 5 August 2024.

The tribunal’s investigation agency submitted a 90-page probe report on 20 April 2025.