Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is currently living in India and all efforts will continue to bring her back from India to Bangladesh. This has been announced by the interim government of Bangladesh. Along with this, it has been said that if needed, international intervention will also be sought to bring Sheikh Hasina back. According to the news of the ‘Daily Star’ newspaper published from Dhaka, Asif Najrul, legal affairs advisor in the Yunus government, while talking to reporters at the Secretariat, said that if India refuses to send Hasina back, it would be a violation of the extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India.
Sheikh Hasina is living in India
Let us tell you that ousted Bangladesh PM 77-year-old Sheikh Hasina has been living in India since August 5 last year. She resigned and went back to India after the 16-year-old Awami League (AL) government fell under the pressure of the student movement in the country. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several former cabinet ministers, advisers, military and civilian officials for “crimes against humanity and genocide”. Bangladesh sent a diplomatic note to India last year demanding Hasina’s extradition.
Red alert already issued
Asif Najrul said, “We have written a letter for the extradition of Sheikh Hasina and if India does not extradite Sheikh Hasina, it will be a clear violation of the extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India.” He said that in that case the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will take necessary steps to raise the matter before the international community. The legal adviser said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also making efforts and a ‘red alert’ has already been issued. We are doing everything we can. The government will continue all efforts to bring Sheikh Hasina back. If necessary, international support will be sought.
According to the provisions of the India-Bangladesh Extradition Treaty, extradition can be denied if the crimes are of a ‘political character’. According to another provision, a person cannot be extradited unless that person has been sentenced to imprisonment or other form of detention for a period of four months or more.