Dhaka sends formal request to New Delhi to extradite Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August amid protests that ended her 15-year rule.
Bangladesh has informed India it needs former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August, again within the nation for “judicial course of”, says the performing head of the nation’s international ministry.
“We despatched a be aware verbale to the Indian authorities saying that the Bangladesh authorities needs her [Hasina] again right here for judicial course of,” Touhid Hossain informed reporters on Monday, referring to diplomatic correspondence between the 2 nations.
Hossain didn’t elaborate on the judicial course of.
“We affirm that we’ve acquired a be aware verbale from the Bangladesh Excessive Fee at present in reference to an extradition request. At the moment, we’ve no remark to supply on this matter,” the official spokesperson of India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned.
Ties between the South Asian neighbours, who’ve robust commerce and cultural hyperlinks, have turn out to be fraught since Hasina was deposed following violent protests towards her rule and he or she took refuge throughout the border.
The pinnacle of Bangladesh’s interim authorities, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has demanded that India ship Hasina again in order that Bangladesh can strive her for what it says are crimes towards protesters and her opponents, and crimes she is accused of committing throughout her tenure over the previous 15 years.
Yunus has additionally been upset with Hasina for criticising his administration from New Delhi.
Dhaka’s request to New Delhi got here two weeks after India’s international secretary visited Bangladesh and the 2 nations mentioned they hoped to mend relations.
Hasina faces quite a few prices, together with crimes towards humanity, genocide, and homicide, amongst others, all of which she has denied.
Dozens of Hasina’s allies have been taken into custody since her regime collapsed in August, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed greater than 750 folks, largely youth, through the unrest that led to her elimination.
Hasina has additionally referred to as for an investigation into the killings, saying many deaths might have concerned others past safety companies.
The Dhaka-based Worldwide Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and her shut aides, and the federal government has sought assist from the worldwide police organisation Interpol for her arrest.
Individually, Bangladesh on Monday launched a probe into the alleged embezzlement of $5bn, linked to a Russian-backed nuclear energy plant – the Rooppur nuclear plant, by Hasina and her household, the nation’s anticorruption fee mentioned.
“The claims of kickbacks, mismanagement, cash laundering, and potential abuse of energy elevate important considerations concerning the integrity of the venture and using public funds,” the fee mentioned.
