Dhaka, Nov. 17 -- Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that security forces were fully prepared ahead of Monday's long-awaited verdict in the crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others, linked to the July Uprising.

Speaking to journalists on Sunday at the Barishal District Police Lines after a meeting with senior officials from the field administration and law enforcement agencies, he said the verdict remains unknown, but whatever the tribunal decides "will be implemented, and the public will accept it".

He stressed that all branches of the security apparatus have been placed on heightened alert around the capital and elsewhere to prevent any untoward incident. "Law enf...