India, Jan. 21 -- Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) on Tuesday deferred for six days the scheduled verdict against eight policemen on charges of crimes against humanity over the killing of six people during the violent 2024 student-led protests.

"We are sorry. The verdict has not been prepared. The judgment in the case will be pronounced on January 26," chairman of the three-judge panel Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder said.

The tribunal earlier fixed January 20 for delivering the verdict against Dhaka police's then commissioner Habibur Rahman, former joint commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty and six others while four accused, including the two officers, were tried in absentia.

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