India says any decision on Hasina extradition would follow legal process
India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, said any extradition of deposed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would proceed through a structured legal process, but he gave no timetable. Bangladesh has repeatedly requested her return to face justice over the 2024 crackdown that followed an uprising against her government.
India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, said on Saturday that any extradition of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would be considered through a structured legal process, without offering a timetable. Speaking at the Bay of Bengal Conversation in Dhaka, Mr. Trivedi said India’s process involved legality and was already in place.
His comments came in response to a question about Ms. Hasina’s presence in India and Bangladesh’s repeated requests for her extradition. “The process involves legality, and it is well-structured,” he said, adding that nobody could provide a time frame for extradition.
India and Bangladesh signed an extradition treaty in 2013, which includes grounds on which extradition may be halted, including an offence of a political character. Bangladesh’s current government, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has sought Ms. Hasina’s return to face justice over the July-August 2024 crackdown.
The report says a United Nations human rights panel put the number of fatalities at about 1,400, while another figure cited was at least 800 civilians, including many students. Mr. Trivedi said Ms.
Hasina had sought refuge in India after consultations among people governing Bangladesh during the crisis in July and August 2024. He described the circumstances as tragic and said India had had little choice but to accept her presence. He recalled that Ms.
Hasina was evacuated from near her residence by a Bangladeshi military helicopter and flown to India by a Bangladesh Air Force aircraft. He said she was not brought to India by the Indian Air Force or Army and referred to the role of Bangladesh’s then-existing government machinery. The High Commissioner said Bangladesh was an independent country and would decide for itself with whom it built relations.
He also said a good neighbour should not interfere in the internal affairs of another State. The report says Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Ms. Hasina and her Home Minister Asaduzaman Khan Kamal to death in November 2025.
Ms. Hasina has said she would return to Bangladesh by December, according to the account.
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