India, June 1 -- Bangladeshi prosecutors at the International Crimes Tribunal have formally charged former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity during the mass uprising in the country last year, local media reported.

According to the Dhaka Tribune, besides Sheikh Hasina, the country's former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and ex-IGP Chowdhury Mamun are also named as co-accused.

Mohammad Tajul Islam, the chief prosecutor at Bangladesh's domestic International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), has alleged that Hasina orchestrated a "systemic attack" on protests against her government as the trial against her opened on Sunday.

"Upon scrutinising the evidence, we reached the conclusion that it was a coordinated, widespread an...