The International Crimes Tribunal-2 has sentenced six people, including former MP Saiful Islam, to death for the killing of one person and the burning of six bodies—one of them while still alive—in Ashulia, Dhaka, during the July–August mass uprising.
The tribunal also sentenced seven people to life imprisonment and two others to seven years in prison, while acquitting one accused.
The verdict was delivered on Thursday by a three-member bench of Tribunal-2, headed by Chairman Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury. The other members of the bench were Judge Md Manjurul Bashid and Judge Nur Mohammad Shahriar Kabir.
The other death-row convicts are Md Saiful Islam, former officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station AFM Sayed Roni, former assistant sub-inspector Bishwajit Saha, Jubo League activist Roni Bhuiyan, former sub-inspector Abdul Malek, and former constable Mukul Chokder.
Those sentenced to life imprisonment are former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Syed Nurul Islam, former Superintendent of Police (SP) Md Asaduzzaman Ripon, former Additional Superintendent of Police (Crimes and Operations) Md Abdullahil Kafi, former Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) (Savar Circle) Md Shahidul Islam, former inspectors Mohammad Masudur Rahman and Nirmol Kumar Das, and former Detective Branch (DB) Inspector Md Arafat Hossain.
On August 21 last year, the tribunal framed charges against 16 accused in the case. Of them, eight are currently in custody. Seven accused pleaded not guilty and sought justice, while Sub-Inspector (SI) Sheikh Abzalul Haque pleaded guilty and later turned approver.