The Interim Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) in Bangladesh began delivering its verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year's student-led agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.

The three-member tribunal will also pronounce its judgement against Hasina's two aides, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, over the same charges. Mamun was produced before the tribunal.

Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for the accused.

Prior to the verdict, the interim government had beefed up security in the nation’s capital and elsewhere on Monday. Paramilitary border guards and police were deployed in Dhaka and many other parts o

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