Bangladesh to Seek Extradition of Ousted PM Sheikh Hasina from India

Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal will seek the extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from India, said Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s Interna­tional Crimes Tribunal (ICT), reported Bangladeshi media.

Islam accused the former PM of carrying out “massacres”. “As she has been made the main accused of the massacres in Bangladesh, we will try to legally bring her back to Bangladesh to face trial”, he said.

On August 5, Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India.

“We will start the legal procedure to bring her back,” said Tajul Islam to reporters on Sunday.

Interestingly, the ICT was set up by Hasina in 2010 to probe atrocities during the 1971 independence war from Pakistan.

“Bangladesh has a criminal extradition treaty with India which was signed in 2013, while Sheikh Hasina’s government was in power,” Islam added.

Bangladesh’s interim government has revoked Hasina’s her diplomatic passport.