Bangladesh’s Yunus presses for Hasina’s extradition–

Muhammad Yunus- led acting federal government in Bangladesh claimed it will certainly await the reaction for a “certain time” from the Indian federal government on its official demand to extradite previous head of state Sheikh Hasina and if absolutely nothing is obtained within “natural time”, it will certainly offer a note of necessity.

On Monday (December 23), the international ministry of Bangladesh, via its goal in New Delhi, had actually sent out a Note Verbale to the Indian federal government, looking for the repatriation of Hasina for judicial procedures in Bangladesh Earlier on Monday, under the extradition treaty in between both adjoining nations.

India and Bangladesh had actually authorized an extradition treaty in 2013, which was later on changed in 2016, supplying a lawful structure for such demands.

“We informed the Indian government through a Note Verbale (diplomatic note) that we want her (Hasina) back for the judicial process,” Touhid Hossain, the consultant on international events in Bangladesh acting federal government in Dhaka claimed.

On August 5, following a mass uprising versus her Awami League federal government, Hasina left from Bangladesh and flew to an Indian Air Force base onboard an armed forces airplane.

Next action

On Tuesday (December 24) night, Bangladesh’s international ministry agent Mohammad Rafiqul Alam was asked throughout the once a week rundown regarding Yunus federal government’s following action to revive Hasina, to which he claimed: “The diplomatic note was served on Monday. As far as I know, there has been no response from India in the government channel. We won’t make any comment in this regard right now. Rather, we will wait for India’s response. Our next course of action will be decided based on that response.”

“As far as I remember there is no time limit in the extradition treaty. So we have to wait for the response from the Indian government. We will wait for a certain time. There is a natural time to respond to anything. If we don’t get any response within that time, we will serve a note of urgency. We will let them know that we are expecting a response in this regard. The note was served only yesterday (Monday). So it’s difficult to talk about the next step right now,” Rafiqul even more claimed.

Don’ t hypothesize

Referring to the concern as delicate, the Bangladesh’s international ministry agent claimed: “I think there is no opportunity for you or me to comment on such a sensitive issue during normal time. The government of the two countries will decide on this as soon as they feel it is the right time. We should not speculate anything in this regard right now.”

India verifies obtaining note verbale

On Tuesday, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) agent Randhir Jaiswal claimed:“We confirm that we have received a Note Verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission today in connection with an extradition request. At this time, we have no comment to offer on this matter.”

Charges against Hasina in Bangladesh

According to a report by Dhaka Tribune, Hasina is accused in over 100 cases and faces a number of charges, including murder, mass killing and crimes against humanity over killings during the July uprising that led to her fleeing on August 5.

Also her close aides, several leaders of her party – Awami League – and activists had been implicated in multiple criminal cases in Bangladesh, including corruption, murders, abductions, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

On November 26, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued arrest warrants against Hasina and 45 others in connection with alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July-August protests against the Awami League government.

The ICT was set up by Hasina-led Awami League government in 2009 to investigate and prosecute the suspects for the genocide committed by people, who had been loyal to the Pakistan Army, during the 1971 war for liberation of East Pakistan into Bangladesh.

Where is Sheikh Hasina?

On August 5, shortly before mobs stormed into her official residence – Gana Bhavan – in Dhaka, Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and some of her aides hurriedly boarded a military aircraft and had flown to Indian Air Force base at Hindon near New Delhi.

Hours after her arrival, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar had said that Hasina had on very short notice sought the approval of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to come to India “for the moment” Back after that, it was hypothesized that she may leave for Norway, Finland, or the United Kingdom quickly, yet Hasina and her entourage remained to remain in India.

Yunus- led acting federal government organized Bangladesh on August 8 and days after it started asking for India for Hasina’s extradition.

On December 9, when India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri gone to Dhaka, Bangladesh’s acting federal government communicated to him its annoyance over the declarations Hasina made from India and asked for her extradition.

With inputs from firms.