Dhaka, April 9 -- The International Crimes Tribunal-2 has sentenced two policemen to death and three other policemen to life in prison over the murder of Abu Sayed, who was martyred and became a symbol for the July Uprising.

The three-member Tribunal-2 bench led by Nozrul Islam Chowdhury delivered its verdict in the case on Thursday afternoon.

The two other members of the bench are retired district sessions judge Md Manjurul Bashid and District and Sessions Judge Nur Mohammad Shahriar Kabir.

The death-row convicts in the case are former assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Amir Hossain, and former constable Sujan Chandra Roy, both of whom were brought to court for the verdict.

The three who received life in prison are then assistant commissi...