Published On 23 Nov 2025
In a letter to Dhaka on Sunday, the interim government’s foreign affairs head, Touhid Hossain, demanded that New Delhi hand over the fugitive ex-leader. Hossain claimed on Sunday that Hossain held the position there for two days.
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Prior to the United Nations’ report that Hasina, 78, was hiding in India, her close ally when she served as Bangladesh’s prime minister for 15 years, before her autocratic rule was overthrown in a mass uprising in August 2024, which resulted in more than 1, 400 deaths,
Following a crucial promise made by the interim government, led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, on Monday, a special International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced Hasina to death.
In a statement, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry stated that India owed an “obligatory responsibility” under a 2013 bilateral extradition treaty to facilitate the former leader’s return in response to the court ruling.
The ministry argued that granting asylum to those who have been found guilty of crimes against humanity is a “grave act of unfriendly behavior” and that it would be “a travesty of justice” to grant it to any other nation.
The Indian Foreign Ministry responded by stating that the Hasina decision had been “not taken into account.” However, India has so far not commented on her potential extradition. According to Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo, Dhaka has so far submitted at least three extradition requests.
Since her overthrow, relations between the two South Asian neighbors have deteriorated due to India’s prior support for Hasina.
After meeting with Ajit Doval and Bangladesh’s National Security Advisor Khalilur Rahman in India for a regional security summit, tensions appear to have eased a little this week.
Doval has been invited for a visit by Rahman, according to reports in Bangladesh.
Source: Aljazeera
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