News desk: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 has sentenced Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, joint general secretary of the banned Awami League in Bangladesh, to death in a case of crimes against humanity. The verdict was delivered in a case filed in connection with the killing of six people in Kushtia during the July 2024 mass uprising. He was also sentenced to life imprisonment on several other charges in the same case.
There were four accused in the case, including Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif. The other accused are Kushtia District Awami League President Sadar Uddin Khan, General Secretary Azgar Ali and City Awami League General Secretary Ataur Rahman Ata. They have also been sentenced to life imprisonment and life imprisonment on different charges. All four accused are absconding.
Half of the immovable property of all the convicted defendants has been confiscated and the proceeds from the sale of the confiscated property have been ordered to be given as compensation to those killed and injured in the July Movement through the July Foundation or any other statutory organization.