Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have been deployed across the country, including the capital, on Tuesday evening, ahead of the verdict in war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami.
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Major General Aziz Ahmed endorsed the information to the Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “The BGB has been deployed across the country on Tuesday evening in a bid to assist the law enforcers to maintain the law and order situation before and after the verdict.”
“The BGB members will vigil the important points across the country to avert any untoward situation ahead of the tribunal's verdict against Nizami.”
Earlier in the day, the International Crimes Tribunal 1 fixed Wednesday to pronounce its verdict in the case against Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
The International Crimes Tribunals have pronounced nine verdicts in war crimes cases so far. The Jamaat-e-Islami has organised a number of violent protests condemning the war crimes verdict against its top leaders which claimed many lives.