Dhaka, July 10 -- The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ex- Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun in a case over crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the July-August uprising last year.

The three-member tribunal headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder passed the order paving the way for the formal trial of the trio.

The court fixed August 3 for opening statement and August 4 for recording the testimonies of witnesses.

The prosecution had filed a petition on July 1 seeking initiation of the trial following the submission of an investigation report on May 12 by the tribunal's probe agency.

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