Bangladesh's interim government has sent an "official letter" to India seeking the extradition of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a special tribunal sentenced her to death, a senior adviser said on Sunday.

"The letter was sent the day before yesterday," Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammed Touhid Hossain was quoted as saying by the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha news agency.

He, however, did not provide further details.

Citing an official source at the Foreign Ministry, the agency said that the note verbal (official diplomatic letter) was sent through the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.

On Nov 17, the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh sentenced 78-year-old Ms. Hasina to death along with then Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on charges of committing “cr

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