Bangladesh seeks Sheikh Hasina’s extradition in diplomatic note to India
The former prime minister fled Dhaka for New Delhi on August 5 amid widespread protests against her Awami League government.
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The interim government in Bangladesh said on Monday that it has sent a note verbale, or an unsigned diplomatic communique, to India formally seeking the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Dhaka Tribune reported.
“We have conveyed our request for Sheikh Hasina’s return for judicial purposes,” said the country’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain.
Hasina was ousted from power and forced to flee to India on August 5 amid widespread, student-led protests against her Awami League government. She had been the prime minister of Bangladesh for 16 years.
Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus took over as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government on August 8.
The interim government has said it plans to investigate Hasina in connection with allegations that she ordered the killings and enforced disappearances of dissidents during the public uprising against her regime in July and August. A total of 51 cases have been filed against her, including 42 for murder.
India confirmed receiving the note verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission.
“At this time, we have no comment to offer on this matter,” the official spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs was quoted as saying by ANI.
Earlier on Monday, Bangladesh’s Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retired) Mohammed Jahangir Alam Chowdhury also said that a letter had been sent to India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking Hasina’s return.
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