DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim authorities led by Muhammad Yunus on Thursday mentioned deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s reported extension of visa was unrelated to Dhaka’s request for her extradition to face trial. “We now have requested India to return Sheikh Hasina as a Bangladeshi citizen. Her standing in India has no relevance to this request. It’s not a matter of our consideration,” a overseas workplace spokesman instructed journalists in a weekly media briefing. Hasina, 77, has been residing in India since August 5 final yr when she fled Bangladesh following a large student-led protest that toppled her Awami League’s (AL) 16-year regime. Bangladesh’s Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several other former Cupboard ministers, advisers, and navy and civil officers for “crimes in opposition to humanity and genocide”. The interim authorities on Tuesday mentioned it has revoked the passports of Hasina and 96 others over their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the July killings. On Thursday, spokesman Rafiqul Alam added that Dhaka didn’t “have extra info, so we is not going to speculate” as he was requested for feedback concerning the media experiences that New Delhi not too long ago prolonged Hasina’s visa whereas Bangladesh revoked her diplomatic passport. However he mentioned when a Bangladeshi citizen’s passport is scrapped, the nation involved is knowledgeable by means of Bangladesh’s missions and in such circumstances, a visa is not required. Bangladesh final month formally sought Hasina’s repatriation to face trial on prices of mass killings through the Anti-Discrimination Scholar’s Motion dubbed as July-August rebellion that toppled her Awami League authorities on August 5. Hasina secretly left for India the identical day. Bangladesh’s Worldwide Crimes Tribunal, initially shaped to strive the hardened collaborators of atrocities of Pakistani troops throughout its 1971 Liberation Warfare, to date has issued two arrest warrants ordering authorities to arrest her and guarantee her courtroom look by February 12 as she was additionally accused of enforced disappearances through the previous 16-year rule. New Delhi acknowledged the receipt of the extradition request however made no response to the letter. Requested how lengthy India might delay responding to Bangladesh’s observe verbal and the diplomatic course of concerned, the spokesman mentioned, “There isn’t any black-and-white reply to this.” “We are going to watch for India’s response,” he mentioned.
