INDIA ON Wednesday confirmed that Bangladesh has sent a request for extradition of ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina. This is the second time that Dhaka has sent the extradition request.
The Ministry of External Affairs’ official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “Yes we have received a request. The request is being examined as part of ongoing judicial and internal legal processes.”
“We remain committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including peace, democracy, inclusion and stability in that country and will continue to engage constructively in this regard with all stakeholders,” he said.
In December last year, about four months after Hasina fled to India following massive protests that brought down her 16-year-old regime, Dhaka had sent a diplomatic note asking New Delhi to send her back.
The development has the potential to impact bilateral ties – already under strain since Hasina’s arrival on August 5 — and will need some deft diplomacy.
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“We have sent a note verbale (diplomatic message) to the Indian government saying that Bangladesh wants her back here for the judicial process,” Touhid Hossain, Foreign Affairs Advisor in Bangladesh’s interim government, had said last Friday.
Provisions in treaty
India has not yet rejected the extradition request, but there are provisions within the extradition treaty that allows for denying her extradition on the grounds of it being a political in nature. Also, Delhi can question the due process of the trial.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka had convicted Hasina and sentenced her to death penalty last week for “crimes against humanity and genocide”.
Hasina’s presence in India and her public statements have strained India-Bangladesh ties over the past one year and four months. Bangladesh interim government’s Chief Advisor Prof Muhammad Yunus had flagged this concern during his meeting with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in Dhaka on December 9 last year as well.
