Asif Nazrul, the law minister in Bangladesh's interim government, said on Friday that it would be strongly opposed if India tries to deny the extradition of former PM Sheikh Hasina.
According to news agency PTI, Nazrul made the remarks after the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh issued an arrest warrant against Sheikh Hasina. A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered Hasina to appear before it by November 18.
Minister Nazrul said that there is already an extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India. India may refuse to send Sheikh Hasina here citing rules, but to be honest India is bound to send Hasina to Bangladesh.
Video of Sheikh Hasina before boarding the helicopter. It went viral on social media.
Ministry of External Affairs said – Sheikh Hasina is in India for security reasons Sheikh Hasina is accused of violence and human rights violations during the student movement. More than 200 cases are pending against him. Sheikh Hasina came to India with her younger sister after the violence on August 5. After this, Bangladesh canceled his diplomatic passport.
India's Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that Sheikh Hasina came to India for security reasons and is still here. It is believed that Sheikh Hasina is being held at an unknown location. He has not been seen in public since then.
Nazrul said last month that Bangladesh would formally seek Hasina's extradition when the trial process begins. At the same time, Sheikh Hasina's opposition leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that harboring Hasina is tantamount to harboring a murderer and a criminal. We have to bring him back through the proper diplomatic process.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Mohammad Tauhid Hussain said in September that India would decide whether to hand over Sheikh Hasina.
Facilitated extradition treaty between India and Bangladesh According to the extradition treaty between India and Bangladesh, apart from the arrest warrant, the two countries also had to share the evidence of the crime. However, this rule was abolished in the year 2016 to speed up the extradition of criminals.
According to the treaty, extradition can be refused if a person has committed a crime related to politics, but the list of what crimes cannot be called political is a long one. This includes crimes like murder, disappearance, bombing and terrorism. Extradition cannot be refused in such serious cases.
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