Dhaka, April 9 -- Both the prosecution and defence have expressed dissatisfaction and signalled plans to move the High Court (HC) following the International Crimes Tribunal's (ICT) verdict in the Abu Sayed murder case.

The tribunal on Thursday sentenced two police officers to death and three others to life imprisonment, while 25 other suspects received varying jail terms for the killing of the Rangpur Begum Rokeya University student during the July Uprising.

Sayed's family and the prosecution argued that senior police officials and key political figures were handed lenient sentences.

Sayed's brother Abu Hossain told reporters that while the death sentences were appropriate for the direct shooters, the masterminds escaped the gallows....