India, July 28 -- Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecution on Monday filed formal charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 others in a crimes against humanity case related to a police crackdown on a rally in Dhaka in 2013.

Several people were killed allegedly during police action on Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam's protest rally in May 2013, when Hasina's Awami League was in power.

The charges were submitted to the registrar of the ICT on Monday.

The tribunal "has taken into contingence charges against her (Hasina) and 40 others over the killings at (capital's) Shapla Chattar during the Hefazat-e-Islam protest rally," chief prosecutor Aminul Islam told reporters. The tribunal also issued arrest wa...