- A Bangladeshi official did not provide details on the contents of the letter.
- Former Prime Minister sentenced to death for murderous repression.
- It is Delhi’s responsibility to facilitate his return: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bangladesh’s government said Sunday it had asked India to extradite deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced earlier this week to hang for the deadly crackdown on a student uprising.
Hasina, 78, has been hiding in India since the overthrow of her autocratic regime in August 2024. As Prime Minister, she benefited from the support of New Delhi.
Touhid Hossain, who holds the foreign affairs portfolio in Bangladesh’s interim administration, told reporters that on Friday “we sent a letter demanding the extradition of Sheikh Hasina.”
He did not give details of the contents of the letter which, according to the Bengali newspaper, Prothom Alo It was the third official extradition request since Hasina’s flight.
Following Monday’s court ruling finding Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity and sentencing her to death, the foreign ministry in Dhaka said in a statement that Delhi had a “mandatory responsibility” under a bilateral treaty aimed at facilitating the former leader’s return.
India’s foreign ministry said in response that it had “taken note” of the verdict, without commenting directly on the extradition request.
He did not immediately respond to Dhaka’s latest letter.
Bangladesh has been gripped by political unrest since the end of Hasina’s rule, and violence has marred the election campaign scheduled for February 2026.
The United Nations said up to 1,400 people were killed in the crackdown as Hasina tried to cling to power, deaths that were at the heart of her trial.
India’s past support for Hasina has soured relations between the two neighbors since her overthrow.
But tensions appear to have eased slightly when Bangladesh’s national security adviser, Khalilur Rahman, visited India this week for a regional security summit and met his counterpart Ajit Doval.
Bangladeshi media reported that Rahman invited Doval to visit him.
