Bangladesh court sentences senior Sheikh Hasina ally to death over uprising killings
- DHAKA: A Bangladesh court sentenced a senior leader of the former ruling party to death in absentia on Thursday (Oct 29) for his role in the killings of six people during the 2024 uprising, while three other party leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment.
- The four men, members of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, were convicted of the murders of six people in western Kushtia district during the unrest, which led to the former premier's ouster.
- The leader sentenced to death by the three-member tribunal was Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif, the party's joint general secretary, who also served a
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- DHAKA: A Bangladesh court sentenced a senior leader of the former ruling party to death in absentia on Thursday (Oct 29) for his role in the killings of six people during the 2024 uprising, while three other party leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment.
- The four men, members of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, were convicted of the murders of six people in western Kushtia district during the unrest, which led to the former premier's ouster.
- The leader sentenced to death by the three-member tribunal was Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif, the party's joint general secretary, who also served a
Sources: CNA