Bangladesh sends extradition request to India for Sheikh Hasina

Days after deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a death sentence at the International Crimes Tribunal here, the interim government of Bangladesh has sent a letter to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs seeking her extradition, said the Foreign Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, Touhid Hossein, on Sunday (November 23, 2025).

The remarks from Mr. Hossein came on a day when the International Crimes Tribunal announced another hearing about Ms. Hasina’s alleged involvement in cases related to enforced disappearance of political activists and critics during her sixteen-year-long tenure that ended on August 5, 2024.

Mr. Hossein met reporters in the evening at his office and informed that the letter carrying details of the judgment on Ms. Hasina’s involvement in the crackdown against unarmed protesters in July-August 2024 has been sent to India. “A letter has been sent day before yesterday,” said Mr. Hossein in a brief remark to reporters on Sunday evening. The Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi is yet to respond on the matter.