On Monday, the acting director of Bangladesh’s foreign ministry said that the country wants former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August, to return to abide by the “judicial process” in Bangladesh.
Since Hasina was overthrown after violent protests against her authority and sought safety across the border, relations between the South Asian neighbors—who have close trade and cultural ties—have become tense.
Two weeks after India’s foreign secretary visited Bangladesh, Dhaka pleaded to New Delhi on Monday, expressing the two nations’ desire to move past their differences and pursue positive relations.
Regarding diplomatic correspondence between the two nations, Touhid Hossain told reporters, “We sent a note verbale to the Indian government saying that the Bangladesh government wants her (Hasina) back here for the judicial process.” Hossain didn’t go into detail on the legal system. Response requests were not immediately answered by Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed, or India’s foreign ministry.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the leader of Bangladesh’s interim administration, has called on India to return Hasina so that Bangladesh can trial her for alleged crimes against protesters and her opponents, as well as crimes she is suspected of perpetrating throughout her 15-year rule. Hasina’s criticism of his government from New Delhi has also angered Yunus.
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