A special Bangladeshi tribunal on Thursday sentenced two former policemen to death for their role in the killing of a university student in 2024. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) sentenced assistant sub-inspector Amir Hossain and constable Sujan Chandra Roy Abu in the crimes against humanity case for killing Abu Sayeed on the state-run Rangpur University campus on July 16, 2024. ADVERTISEMENTThree other former policemen were given life imprisonment, and 25 others, including the university’s vice chancellor, were sentenced to various prison terms. “They will be hanged by neck until their death,” ICT-BD chair Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury said. The two policemen sentenced to death are in jail.

Source: The Telegraph April 09, 2026 15:52 UTC