Bangladesh tells India it wants ex-PM Hasina back for ‘judicial process’
Al JazeeraDhaka sends formal request to New Delhi to extradite Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August amid protests that ended her 15-year rule. Bangladesh has told India it wants former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August, back in the country for “judicial process”, says the acting head of the country’s foreign ministry. “We sent a note verbale to the Indian government saying that the Bangladesh government wants her back here for judicial process,” Touhid Hossain told reporters on Monday, referring to diplomatic correspondence between the two countries. Dhaka’s request to New Delhi came two weeks after India’s foreign secretary visited Bangladesh and the two countries said they hoped to mend relations. Separately, Bangladesh on Monday launched a probe into the alleged embezzlement of $5bn, connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant – the Rooppur nuclear plant, by Hasina and her family, the country’s anticorruption commission said.