Five decades after she survived a midnight coup in which her entire family, including her father and Bangladesh's founding President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was killed, Sheikh Hasina on Monday was sentenced to death.

The International Crimes Tribunal ordered the death penalty to Hasina and two senior aides of committing crimes against humanity during the July 2024 uprising.

Hasina had fled to India last year after her ouster and has since been staying in a secret safe house in New Delhi, her son Sajeeb Wazed earlier said. However, this is not the first time that she has taken refuge in India. In an earlier interview to ANI, Hasina said was once a secret resident of Delhi's posh Pandara Road, where she lived with her children under an assumed identity. Hasina said she was trying to escape

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