India obligated to comply if Bangladesh demands Sheikh Hasina’s extradition, says interim govt minister – Firstpost
Two new murder cases have been filed against Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former cabinet ministers on Friday for the killing of three people, including two BNP activists, during the quota reform protests in the country. With this, the tally of cases filed against Hasina has risen to 84, including 70 on murder charges.
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The Bangladesh interim government’s foreign affairs advisor Mohammed Touhid Hossain, has said that as cases mount against Sheikh Hasina, his country could consider seeking the extradition of the former premier but that would create an “embarrassing situation for the Indian government.”
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According to multiple media reports, Hossain while talking to a private TV channel said “If the home ministry or law ministry requests Sheikh Hasina’s extradition in the future, India will be obligated to comply with their demand.”
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In an exclusive interview to Reuters TV in Dhaka, Hossain said that “since there are so many cases” against Hasina in
Bangladesh, the country’s home and law ministries could make the request to extradite her.
“Her staying in Delhi, in India, the question comes that…there are so many cases (against Hasina) that could be… again some speculating, I am not a person right to answer this, if there is a request from there (Ministry of Home and Ministry of Law) we have to ask for her, you know, return to Bangladesh. If there is a demand from there, that creates an embarrassing situation for the Indian government. So I think the Indian government knows this and I am sure they will take care of it”, Hossain told Reuters TV.
Meanwhile, two new murder cases have been filed against Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her former cabinet ministers on Friday for the killing of three people, including two BNP activists, during the quota reform protests in the country, according to media reports.
The cases, filed in Dhaka courts on Friday, were the latest in the slew of cases filed against the 76-year-old leader after her resignation and fleeing to India on August 5 following a massive protest by students against a quota system in government jobs.
With this, the tally of cases filed against Hasina has risen to 84, including 70 on murder charges, eight on allegations of crimes against humanity and genocide, three for alleged abduction, and three on other charges, The Daily Star newspaper reported.
Sheikh Hasina had arrived in India on August 5, following an uprising led by students against her that turned violent. As per the Dhaka Tribune, a complaint has been lodged against Hasina and 24 others in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands for allegedly violating human rights.
The Bangladeshi media outlet said that there are multiple cases filed against Hasina. Further, Hossein, the foreign affairs advisor in Bangladesh’s interim government led by Mohammad Yunus stated that the Nobel Laureate is “very unhappy” about the way the statements are coming from India, from the former Prime Minister and he had conveyed this to the Indian envoy in a meeting.
The protests, led majorly by students demanding an end to a quota system for government jobs, took the shape of anti-government protests. On August 8, Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government. 17 members of Bangladesh’s interim government took their oaths at a ceremony in Dhaka.
With inputs from agencies.
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