Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said the government will formally ask India to extradite ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina after completing legal procedures.
“We have an extradition treaty with India. After completing legal procedures, we will formally approach India asking the country to extradite her,” he told a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy.
“Our stance is very clear: we want to bring Sheikh Hasina to justice by returning her home. The mass killing took place during her regime,” he added.
Shafiqul said: “About 1,500 people were killed in the July-August uprising under her directives, while many people were disappeared during her regime.”
He also said: “The [economic] white paper has revealed public money worth about $16 billion was siphoned off from the country every year during Hasina’s regime.”
“So it is our commitment that Sheikh Hasina will be brought to justice,” the press secretary said.