According to interim leader Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh will request the extradition of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister who was overthrown in a revolution in August and fled to India.
Hasina, 77, was last seen landing in neighboring India after escaping by chopper as protestors surrounded her palace. Dhaka has already filed an arrest warrant for her.
Hasina is still living in exile in India despite being called to appear in court in Dhaka on Monday to answer to accusations of “massacres, killings, and crimes against humanity.”
Yunus stated that his government was committed to bringing justice to those responsible for suppressing the demonstrations in order to remove Hasina.
Similar charges are anticipated to be brought against a number of her former cabinet ministers who were arrested and incarcerated.
