State witness Mamun to serve five years in jail

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced five year jail term to Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun as he also been proven guilty of crimes against humanity.

A three-member panel of ICT-1, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder pronounced the verdict on Monday, November 17.

The tribunal said that although he committed the crimes to get death penalty, the International Crimes Tribunal sentenced him to five years in prison for being a state witness in this case.

The other two members of the tribunal are Justice Md. Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Judge Md. Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.

Earlier in the day, the ICT began reading out the verdict in the much-anticipated case over crimes against humanity against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in the face of a mass uprising in July-August 2024 around 12:40pm on Monday, November 17.

This is the first case filed over killings and other crimes against humanity committed during the July Uprising.

The 453-page verdict consists of six parts, said one of the judges of the panel while stating the preamble of the verdict.

The judgement was broadcasted live on Bangladesh Television (BTV) and shown on large screens at several locations in Dhaka under cultural ministry initiative.

On November 13, the ICT set today (November 17) as the date for announcing the verdict.

Over 28 working days, the tribunal heard testimonies from 54 out of the 81 listed witnesses. Mamun has already given his statement before the tribunal, confessing his involvement and testifying as a state witness.