Tight security measures have been taken in and around tribunal area ahead of the verdict in the war crimes case against fugitive BNP leader MA Zahid Hossain Khokon Alias Khokon Razakar.
Rapid Action Battation (RAB) personnel were also seen along with police in the tribunal area on Thursday morning.
An adequate number of law enforcers have been kept deployed to avert any untoward incident centring the verdict.
The first International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, will pronounce the verdict in the war crimes case against Khokon Razakar for the alleged crimes committed against humanity in 1971 Liberation War.
The 70-year-old faces 11 charges, including genocide, torture, abduction, rape and confinement.
He was also involved in forced conversion of Hindus, torching houses and temples and deporting seven people.
As vice-president of the Nagarkanda unit of BNP, Khokon won the municipality election in 2011 to become mayor.
He went into hiding after taking oath, and the investigation agency assumes that he is now in Sweden with his son and daughter.
