Several cases, including murder, have been registered against the former leader of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the principal opposition in the South Asian country – which saw a wave of violent protests that led to the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina – has called on New Delhi to extradite the former leader.
Hasina’s Awami League-led government was toppled earlier this month after weeks of protests against discriminatory job quotas. After resigning, Hasina flew to India where she has been residing ever since. In Bangladesh, an interim government was formed, with 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus at the helm.
“The people of this country have given the decision for her trial. Let her face that trial,” BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Tuesday, according to the Daily Star. He claimed that while staying in India, Hasina has “started various plots” to…