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Dhaka to pursue Hasina's repatriation from India: Touhid
Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today said Bangladesh will continue diplomatic efforts to bring back deposed and convicted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India.
"We will try to convince India to send her back to Dhaka," he told reporters at the foreign ministry.
Touhid noted that Hasina's repatriation ultimately depends on New Delhi's decision.
Responding to reports suggesting possible third-country resettlement for the former premier, he said he had only seen such claims in media coverage. "I did not receive any information through diplomatic channels," he added.
Hasina entered India following her ouster on August 5 and was later convicted in multiple graft and abuse-of-power cases by Bangladeshi courts.
Last month, Dhaka formally wrote to New Delhi for the second time through the Bangladesh High Commission after the latest verdict from the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1).
Touhid had earlier said Bangladesh was not ruling out a response from India.
On November 17, the ICT-1 sentenced Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death for crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising last year, reports BSS.