International Crime Tribunal (ICT), a Bangladesh court, nominated for testing international crimes, on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail in contempt of court case.
A three -member tribunal led by Justice MD. Golm Mortuja Majumar gave this order. Earlier, a senior advocate, Ay Moshuizaman, was appointed as Amicus Curia (friend of the court) for a complete hearing of the court case by ICT.
The Chief Prosecutor filed a court complaint against Sheikh Hasina and Awami League leader Shakeel Alam Bulbul on 30 April, under the light of his statements about the case related to the July month rebel incident.
Formal allegations states that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was the mastermind behind inhuman acts, such as crime, murder and bodies across the country during the movement to overthrow the government in 2024 during the burning of bodies across the country. These crimes were held on his orders.
“I have 227 cases against me, so I have a license to kill 227 people”, Sheikh Hasina said in an alleged audio clip that went viral a few months ago. Later, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police conducted a forensic examination of the conversation and found its authenticity. After that, a contempt of court application was filed with the tribunal.
The prosecution said that Sheikh Hasina did not appear in a person or did not provide clarification through a lawyer even after the notice was published in the newspaper. In this situation, the tribunal can now punish people associated with the law.
Awami League said in a statement that earlier in the day, anti-national and anti-independence forces had staged a mock trial against Sheikh Hasina against Sheikh Hasina to implement their political objectives in Bangladesh.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took over as the head of the interim government on August 5 after Sheikh Hasina fled to India. (ANI)
