Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday demanded that India extradite ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina , hours after she was sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. Hasina, 78, fled to India following her ouster during a mass uprising in August 2024, a move that strained ties between the two neighbours.

A Dhaka court also sentenced former interior minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death in absentia . Both were found guilty over a violent crackdown on last year’s student-led protests. Bangladesh stated that Kamal’s current whereabouts are also believed to be in India.

In a statement, Dhaka’s foreign ministry said India has an “obligatory responsibility” to extradite the convicts and warned that offering them asylum would be “extremely unfriendly and an affront to ju

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