The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday sentenced three former police officers to death for crimes against humanity committed during the July 2024 mass uprising in connection with the killings at Rampura in Dhaka.

The death convicts are former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Habibur Rahman, former additional deputy commissioner of police (Khilgaon Zone) Md Rashedul Islam and former Rampura police station officer-in-charge Md Mashiur Rahman.

It was Habibur third death sentences for his alleged superior command responsibilities during the July August mass uprising that killed 1400 people and injured 25000 others during the 36 days of mass uprising that ousted the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina and forced her to flee the country.

The tribunal also sentenced former Rampura police station sub-inspector Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan to life imprisonment and former assistant sub-inspector Chanchal Chandra Sarkar to 20 years’ imprisonment in the same case.

The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, delivered the verdict. The other members of the tribunal are Justice Md Shofiul Alam Mahmood and retired district judge Mohammad Mohitul Haque Anam Chowdhury.

According to the prosecution, Amir Hossain was shot dead on July 19, 2024, while trying to escape a police operation in Rampura. He climbed onto the roof of an under-construction building near the Banasree-Meradia Road, where police allegedly opened fire as he was hanging from steel rods.

On the same day, Nadim and Maya Islam were also killed in police firing in the Banasree area under Rampura police station.

The tribunal framed charges against the accused on September 18, 2025. It had initially fixed March 4, 2026 for delivering the judgment but later reopened the proceedings to examine additional witnesses following the change of the interim government. After recording the fresh evidence, the tribunal set June 28, 2026 for pronouncing the verdict.