Bangladesh has requested India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face legal charges, potentially escalating tensions between the two nations.
Bangladesh ’s interim government has asked India to return exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to face legal proceedings, a request likely to heighten tensions between Dhaka and New Delhi. A Bangladesh i domestic criminal tribunal in October issued arrest warrants against Sheikh Hasina , who fled to India after being toppled by student-led protests in August, and more than 40 others.
A spokesperson for Bangladesh’s foreign ministry said it sent a diplomatic note to India’s government on Monday requesting the return of Sheikh Hasina, who remains in New Delhi, so she could face a “judicial process”. The Bangladeshi tribunal accused the authoritarian former prime minister of orchestrating massacres and “crimes against humanity” during the protests that lead to her ousting, in which hundreds of people are thought to have died. Sheikh Hasina has denied the allegations. The diplomatic request will fuel tensions between New Delhi and Dhaka just weeks after India’s foreign secretary visited Bangladesh to try to mend relations between the two neighbours. A spokesperson for India’s foreign ministry confirmed it had received a “note verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission today in connection with an extradition request”, but declined to comment further. Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic toppling roused suspicion and concern in New Delhi, which has historically supported her Awami League, Bangladesh’s oldest and biggest political party. Rivals and rights groups have accused the Awami League of extrajudicial killings, bending state institutions to its whim and rigging elections. Many Indian officials believe the installation of Bangladesh’s caretaker leader, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, was the result of a US-backed regime change. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also raised concerns about the safety of minority Hindus in its Muslim-majority neighbour
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