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.
India received a note verbale from Bangladesh in connection with an extradition request for Sheikh Hasina, the ousted prime minister of India's neighbouring country where a caretaker government is in charge,
The extradition of Hasina would fall under the legal framework of the 2013 extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India
The interim government in Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note and urged India to send deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back to Dhaka. The 77-year-old Awami League leader has been living in India since August 5 when she fled Bangladesh amid massive protests that brought down her 16-year-old regime and forced her to flee.
Bangladesh on Monday sent a note verbale — a formal diplomatic communication — to New Delhi requesting Hasina's return to face "judicial proceedings" in her home country.
Sheikh Hasina has been living in exile in India since August when she fled Bangladesh amid the intensifying student-led protests.
Bangladesh has officially requested India to send back former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5 after a student-led movement ousted her from power. The request was made through a “note verbal” to the Indian government,
Bangladesh has told neighbour India that it wants former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August, back in the country for "judicial process", the acting head of the country's foreign ministry said on Monday.
Bangladesh formally asked India to return ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The interim government wants Hasina to face trial. She is accused of ma
Bangladesh seeks Sheikh Hasina’s extradition from India to face ‘judicial process’ - Hasina has been living in New Delhi, close to India’s corridors of power, for months since her ouster
This is the first time an official extradition request has been sent to India for Hasina's extradition. The former Bangladesh PM has been in India since she was ousted in August.