DHAKA, June 28, 2026 (BSS) - The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today convicted and sentenced three former police officers, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman, to death in a case lodged over crimes against humanity committed in the capital's Rampur area during the July Mass Uprising, where two people were killed, and two others were injured.
 
The two other death-row convicts are former ADC of Khilgaon Zone Md Rashedul Islam and former OC of Rampura Thana Md Moshiur Rahman. The three, however, are yet to be arrested and were tried in absentia.
 
The court also sentenced former Sub-Inspector (SI) Tariqul Islam Bhuiyan to life imprisonment and former Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Chanchal Chandra Sarkar to 20 years rigorous imprisonment. Of the five, only Chanchal has been arrested and faced the trial in person.
 
The three-member tribunal headed by Justice Golam Martuza Majumder pronounced the verdict this noon. It started reading out the judgment at 11.50 am.
 
The first tribunal on June 15 set today for pronouncing judgment in the case.
 

The prosecution had submitted the formal charges in the case on August 7, 2025, alleging police firing on a student hanging from a building cornice in Rampura and the killing of two others in the area.
 
The tribunal on September 18, 2025, framed charges against former DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, former ADC of Khilgaon Zone Md Rashedul Islam, former OC of Rampura Thana Md Moshiur Rahman, former Sub-Inspector Tariqul Islam Bhuiyan, and former Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Chanchal Chandra Sarkar. 
 
A total of 13 prosecution witnesses, including the investigation officer, testified in the case on different hearing dates.
 
The prosecution in its closing arguments pleaded for maximum punishment for the five accused.