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Last Updated:July 10, 2025, 14:57 IST
Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was indicted for crimes against humanity by the Crimes Tribunal.
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh’s deposed premier Sheikh Hasina was on Thursday formally indicted in a crimes against humanity case by the country’s Crimes Tribunal, as per media reports.
Hasina fled to India on August 5 after her Awami League government was toppled last year.
A three-member panel, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, indicted Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on five charges. Hasina and Khan are being tried in absentia.
What’s The Case?
The Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ordered a crimes against humanity case against the ousted prime minister, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Abdullah Al Mamun for their attempts to suppress the July-August student-led protests last year.
On Thursday, Al-Mamun pleaded guilty and told the tribunal that he would make a statement in favour of the prosecution at a later stage. The prosecution offered a leaked audio of Hasina and other documents as evidence to the tribunal.
The tribunal later fixed August 3 for the opening statement by the prosecution and August 4 for recording witnesses’ statements.
(With inputs from agencies)
Saurabh Verma covers general, national and international day-to-day news for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You can follow him on Twitter --twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
Saurabh Verma covers general, national and international day-to-day news for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. He keenly observes politics. You can follow him on Twitter --twitter.com/saurabhkverma19
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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