New Delhi: It’s been 16 months since former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India as her 15-year rule ended amid a massive students’ uprising that left hundreds dead and thousands injured.

Hasina has remained in exile since then, even as Bangladesh wanted her back from India. ADVERTISEMENT

Last month, the 78-year-old Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Dhaka for ‘crimes against humanity’ over the Awami League-helmed government’s brutal crackdown on the violent student-led protests last year.

Asked about Hasina being given shelter in India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that the former Bangladeshi PM’s stay in India is her personal decision which was influenced by the “circumstances” that led her to the country.

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