Big statement of Bangladesh government
Deposed Prime Minister of Bangladesh 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 necessary, international intervention will also be demanded to bring back Sheikh Hasina. According to the news of ‘Daily Star’ newspaper published from Dhaka, Asif Nazrul, advisor on legal affairs in the Yunus government, while talking to reporters at the Secretariat, said that if India refuses to send back Hasina, it will violate the extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India. will be violated.
Sheikh Hasina is living in India
Let us tell you that 77-year-old Sheikh Hasina, the ousted PM of Bangladesh, 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 students’ movement in the country. Bangladesh’s International Criminal 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 had last year sent a diplomatic note to India demanding Hasina’s extradition.
Red alert is already on
Asif Nazrul 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.” The Ministry of External Affairs will take necessary steps to raise the matter with the international community. The Legal Advisor said that the Ministry of External Affairs is also making efforts and ‘Red Alert’ has already been issued. We are doing everything we can. The government will continue all efforts to bring back Sheikh Hasina. If necessary, international support will be sought.
According to the provisions of the India-Bangladesh extradition treaty, extradition can be refused if the crimes are of ‘political character’. Another provision states that a person cannot be extradited unless he has been sentenced to imprisonment or other form of detention for a term of four months or more.
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