‘India not fulfilling commitment…,’ BNP wants Hasina extradited, new case filed against ex-PM
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday (Aug 20) urged India to extradite ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina so that she can face trial for ‘plotting to thwart the country’s revolution.’ Hasina quit as prime minister and fled Bangladesh on August 5 after the Bangladesh Army refused to implement her curfew orders.
“It is our call to you that you should hand her over to the government of Bangladesh in a legal way. The people of this country have given the decision for her trial. Let her face that trial,” said BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
The BNP official also accused India of shying away from fulfilling its commitment towards democracy by providing refuge to Hasina. “Staying there, she has started various plots to thwart the revolution that happened in Bangladesh,” he alleged.
Another case filed against Hasina
Meanwhile, a fresh complaint was filed against Hasina on Tuesday with the International Crimes Tribunal, accusing the former PM and 23 others of committing genocide and human rights violations during a 2013 Islamist rally.
Local newspaper ‘The Daily Star’ reported that Mufti Harun Ijahar Chowdhury, joint secretary general of Hefajat-e-Islam, filed the case against Hasina.
“We registered the complaint, and thus the investigation has started from today,” Ataur Rahman, deputy director of the investigation agency, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
“Once we complete the preliminary investigation and visit the place of occurrence and the tribunal is reconstituted, we, through the prosecution, will seek arrest warrants against the accused,” he said.
This is the fourth complaint against Hasina with the tribunal. Three of them are linked to the recent violence that rocked the South Asian nation for over a month.
Over 600 people lost their lives during riots and protests in days leading up to the fall of the Hasina-led Awami League government, with reports saying the unofficial figure could be much higher.
An interim government led by 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is now steering Dhaka away from the crisis, which has taken a massive toll upon the country’s already fragile economy.
(With inputs from agencies)
Vikrant Singh
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