A demonstrator reacts after the verdict in cases against the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 17, 2025.
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Bangladesh urged Indian government on Monday (November 17, 2025) to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal after both were sentenced to death for their role in the crackdown against a student uprising last year.
Dhaka said New Delhi was obliged to do so under an extradition treaty. Hasina, who fled after violent student protests last year, has been in India since.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) of Bangladesh on Monday (November 17, 2025) ordered the execution by hanging of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal after finding them guilty of genocide committed during the July–August 2024 violence in a case involving crimes against humanity.
Bangladesh’s fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (November 17, 2025) called the guilty verdict and death sentence in her crimes against humanity trial “biased and politically motivated”.
Ms. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against the student-led uprising that ousted her.
“The verdicts announced against me have been made by a rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate,” Ms. Hasina said in a statement issued from hiding in India.
“They are biased and politically motivated.”
Critics accused her of jailing political rivals, enacting harsh anti-press laws, and overseeing widespread human rights abuses, including the killing of opposition activists.
Indian government responds
Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement issued on Monday (November 17, 2025) that Indian government noted the verdict announced by International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh concerning former PM Sheikh Hasina.
MEA said,” India remains committed to best interests of people of Bangladesh, including in peace, democracy and stability.”
MEA added that Indian government “will always engage constructively with all stakeholders considering best interests of people of Bangladesh.”
Published – November 17, 2025 05:07 pm IST
