NEW DELHI: As deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina faces increasing legal trouble back home, the country’s foreign minister on Thursday dropped hints about how the interim government plans to proceed further with legal action, if at all an extradition request to India.
Mohammad Touhid Hossain, the de facto foreign minister, said that the ousted leader was now facing “numerous cases,” while stopping short of speculating more, news agency Reuters quoted him as telling in an interview.
Should the country’s home and law ministries decide, Bangladesh may need to request her “return to Bangladesh,” he said. And added that such a situation would create a diplomatically “embarrassing situation” for New Delhi.
Hossain, however said that New Delhi “knows this and I am sure they will take care of it”, the Reuters report said.
The foreign adviser to the interim government earlier this week on Monday, said the neighboring country’s relationship with India won’t be affected even if deposed PM Sheikh Hasina remains New Delhi’s guest for an extended period of time.
“Bilateral relations are a much larger issue. Friendship is based on mutual interest,” Hossain said. “We will… always strive to maintain our good relations (with India),” Hossain said after a meeting foreign diplomats in Dhaka on Monday.
However, Hossain had said Yunus is “very unhappy about the way the statements are coming from India from the former prime minister” and reiterated that he had conveyed this to the Indian envoy in a meeting on Wednesday.
The Indian side, who welcomed her on a “temporary stay” also has left the onus on the ousted leader to take the call on future plans. Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for India’s ministry of external affairs recently said that the Centre had little to do with Hasina’s plans. “We don’t have an update on her plans. It is for her to take things forward,” he said.
Sheikh Hasina along with other Awami League members, faces charges in two murder cases in Bangladesh. Ataur Rahman, deputy director of the International Crimes Tribunal’s investigation cell announced a third case involving ten people, including Hasina, who are being investigated for murder, torture, and genocide related to the protests.
After Hasina’s fleeing from Dhaka, protesters targeted the residences of her party leaders, attacking people and monuments linked to the Awami League. Reports indicate that several party leaders were brutally assaulted and killed by enraged crowds.
Three of Hasina’s former ministers and advisers have been detained in Bangladesh.
However, in her only statement since her departure, Hasina has called for an investigation into the violence and destruction during the protests but has not addressed the allegations against her.
The leader’s son Sajeeb Wazed also mentioned that Hasina would not return to politics in Bangladesh and that her flight from the country and resignation were influenced by her family’s repeated pleas.
( with input from agency)
Mohammad Touhid Hossain, the de facto foreign minister, said that the ousted leader was now facing “numerous cases,” while stopping short of speculating more, news agency Reuters quoted him as telling in an interview.
Should the country’s home and law ministries decide, Bangladesh may need to request her “return to Bangladesh,” he said. And added that such a situation would create a diplomatically “embarrassing situation” for New Delhi.
Hossain, however said that New Delhi “knows this and I am sure they will take care of it”, the Reuters report said.
The foreign adviser to the interim government earlier this week on Monday, said the neighboring country’s relationship with India won’t be affected even if deposed PM Sheikh Hasina remains New Delhi’s guest for an extended period of time.
“Bilateral relations are a much larger issue. Friendship is based on mutual interest,” Hossain said. “We will… always strive to maintain our good relations (with India),” Hossain said after a meeting foreign diplomats in Dhaka on Monday.
However, Hossain had said Yunus is “very unhappy about the way the statements are coming from India from the former prime minister” and reiterated that he had conveyed this to the Indian envoy in a meeting on Wednesday.
The Indian side, who welcomed her on a “temporary stay” also has left the onus on the ousted leader to take the call on future plans. Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for India’s ministry of external affairs recently said that the Centre had little to do with Hasina’s plans. “We don’t have an update on her plans. It is for her to take things forward,” he said.
Sheikh Hasina along with other Awami League members, faces charges in two murder cases in Bangladesh. Ataur Rahman, deputy director of the International Crimes Tribunal’s investigation cell announced a third case involving ten people, including Hasina, who are being investigated for murder, torture, and genocide related to the protests.
After Hasina’s fleeing from Dhaka, protesters targeted the residences of her party leaders, attacking people and monuments linked to the Awami League. Reports indicate that several party leaders were brutally assaulted and killed by enraged crowds.
Three of Hasina’s former ministers and advisers have been detained in Bangladesh.
However, in her only statement since her departure, Hasina has called for an investigation into the violence and destruction during the protests but has not addressed the allegations against her.
The leader’s son Sajeeb Wazed also mentioned that Hasina would not return to politics in Bangladesh and that her flight from the country and resignation were influenced by her family’s repeated pleas.
( with input from agency)