Security is beefed up across Bangladesh with police in the national capital ordered to shoot violent protesters ahead of a special tribunal’s verdict against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina over alleged crimes against humanity even as prosecution on Sunday reiterated the death penalty for her.

On Monday, Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) is set to deliver the verdict against 78-year-old Hasina after her trial in absentia.

“We have sought the highest possible sentence for Hasina. Additionally, we requested for seizure of the convicts’ property to be distributed among families of the martyrs and the injured victims (of last year’s violent street protest),” ICT-BD prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told reporters.

The ICT-BD law would debar Hasina from challenging the verdict

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