The chief prosecutor, presenting arguments before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, on Thursday sought the death penalty for ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for deaths during the uprising in July-August last year. The prosecution said Hasina, who is currently in India, deserved "1,400 death sentences" for the killings.

Former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has already admitted to the allegations of killings and mass murder during the last few weeks of the Hasina regime.

Around 1,400 people were allegedly killed in Bangladesh in July and August last year as a students' protest against quota in jobs turned into a movement against the Sheikh Hasina regime.

The official death toll of the mass protest, which saw security personnel open

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