Chankharpul killings: Prosecution challenges ICT verdict, seeks maximum punishment for 5 ex-cops
The court has fixed Sunday (1 February) as the date for the hearing of the appeal
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today (29 January) filed an appeal with the Chamber Court of the Appellate Division seeking maximum punishment for the five ex-police members convicted in the case of crimes against humanity committed in the capital's Chankharpul area, where six people were shot dead on 5 August 2024.
The court has fixed Sunday (1 February) as the date for the hearing of the appeal.
Briefing journalists at the ICT premises, Prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim said the prosecution had challenged the tribunal's verdict before the Supreme Court.
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He said that the appeal seeks enhancement of the sentences of those convicts who received various terms of imprisonment, demanding the maximum penalty for crimes against humanity.
On 26 January, International Crimes Tribunal-1 delivered its verdict in the case, sentencing five of the eight accused to varying terms of imprisonment, while awarding the death penalty to three others.
He further said the prosecution has contested the tribunal's observations that were cited as reasons for awarding reduced sentences.
He added the prosecution has also sought an order to ensure that those convicted with what it described as "lenient sentences" remain in custody until the appeal is disposed of, so that none of them can be released on bail in the meantime.
The ICT-1 on 26 January convicted and sentenced three people, including former DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, to death in the case.
The other two condemned convicts are former DMP joint commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty and former additional deputy commissioner Shah Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam.
The tribunal also ordered the confiscation of the properties of the three condemned convicts. All three, along with another convict, are still at large.
It also sentenced former assistant commissioner of the DMP's Ramna Zone, Mohammad Imrul, to six years' imprisonment. Imrul is yet to be arrested and was tried in absentia.
The ICT-1 further sentenced former inspector Md Arshad Hossain to four years' imprisonment, and former constables Md Sujon, Imaj Hossain Emon, and Nasirul Islam to three years' imprisonment each.
