Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- A tribunal in Bangladesh on Monday has sentenced three senior police officers to death in a massacre case related to the uprising July-August in 2024 that led to the downfall of Sheikh Hasina. Known as the Chankharpul massacre, this killing spree saw Shariar Khan Anas and six others brutally murdered.

The death penalty was announced against police officials involved included the then Dhaka's Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman, Additional Police Commissioner Shudip Kumar Chakraborty, and police officer Sha Alam. The remaining defendants were given various prison sentences.

Bangladesh's interim government assigned the International Crimes Tribunal, known as the ICT, to handle various crimes against humanity committed dur...