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Days aft deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a decease condemnation astatine the International Crimes Tribunal here, the interim authorities of Bangladesh has sent a missive to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs seeking her extradition, said the Foreign Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, Touhid Hossein, connected Sunday (November 23, 2025).
The remarks from Mr. Hossein came connected a time erstwhile the International Crimes Tribunal announced different proceeding astir Ms. Hasina’s alleged engagement successful cases related to enforced disappearance of governmental activists and critics during her sixteen-year-long tenure that ended connected August 5, 2024.
Mr. Hossein met reporters successful the evening astatine his bureau and informed that the missive carrying details of the judgement connected Ms. Hasina’s engagement successful the crackdown against unarmed protesters successful July-August 2024 has been sent to India. “A missive has been sent time earlier yesterday,” said Mr. Hossein successful a little remark to reporters connected Sunday evening. The Ministry of External Affairs successful New Delhi is yet to respond connected the matter.
The extradition missive was expected since the ICT gave the decease condemnation to Sheikh Hasina and erstwhile Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal connected November 17, 2025. Following the verdict, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had said, “We telephone upon the Government of India to handover these 2 persons to the authorities successful Bangladesh without further delay. This is besides a work for India according to the existing extradition pact betwixt the 2 sides.” In response, the Ministry of External Affairs had said that they had “noted” the verdict without indicating whether India would see it.
Subsequently, it was learnt that the acrophobic authorities had studied the verdict and recovered that it fell abbreviated connected respective counts, including that the proceedings was conducted successful absentia, particularly arsenic it decided connected the decease condemnation for the accused. On Sunday, Chief Prosecutor of the ICT, Tajul Islam, announced that a caller circular of proceeding was connected way to effort Ms. Hasina for reported enforced disappearances. Mr. Z.I. Khan Panna has been appointed arsenic the authorities defence lawyer for the ousted Prime Minister Hasina, said Mr. Islam. The ICT whitethorn besides summon respective instrumentality and bid officials for the proceeding connected enforced disappearances.
