Will send another letter to India to bring back Sheikh Hasina: Legal Adviser

A letter will be sent to India again to bring back ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during the popular uprising, to the country, said Law Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul.

He said this in response to a question from journalists at his office at the Law Ministry on Monday (November 17) afternoon.

Dr. Asif said: "We will write another letter to India to extradite Sheikh Hasina. If India continues to shelter this genocidal murderer, then India will have to understand that it is an act of hostility and a reprehensible behavior against Bangladesh and the people of the country."

He mentioned that a trial has taken place today. "With God's willing, such trial will continue at full speed as long as we are here."

On the other hand, in a separate Facebook post, he wrote, Sheikh Hasina's death sentence. Thank God, Alhamdulillah.

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has awarded death penalty to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina for committing crimes against humanity during the July Uprising.

A three-member panel of ICT-1, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder pronounced the verdict on Monday, November 17.

Earlier in the day, the ICT began reading out the verdict in the much-anticipated case over crimes against humanity against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in the face of a mass uprising in July–August 2024 around 12:40pm on Monday (November 17).

This is the first case filed over killings and other crimes against humanity committed during the July Uprising.