Spokesperson at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Rafiqul Alam has said on Thursday that Dhaka would remind Delhi about its request for Hasina's extradition soon.
"Bangladesh had sent a set of relevant documents to India with the diplomatic letter (note verbale) in December last year seeking deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's extradition, and will issue a reminder at an appropriate time," Mohammad Rafiqul Alam remarks while responding to a question during a weekly media briefing at the Foreign Ministry.
"A reminder will be sent when the leadership decides the timing is appropriate," he added.
He was replying to a question whether Bangladesh had sent an arrest warrant or all necessary documents to India for Hasina's extradition, the spokesperson also said they had sent all required documents received from the relevant ministry under the extradition treaty and information were included when Bangladesh sent the note verbal to India in this regard.
Bangladesh has long been waiting for a reply from India regarding its request for Hasina's extradition and was supposed to send a reminder after a certain period if no reply is received from New Delhi.
"We continue to expect a response from India," Rafiqul Alam said. He said the government will take the next step based on the reply from the Indian side.
The spokesperson at India's Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal confirmed that they received the extradition request for Hasina from the interim government of Bangladesh.
Hasina is facing over 100 cases with a wide range of charges, including murder, genocide and crimes against humanity in charge of killings during the July uprising that led to make her flee to India on August 5.
The interim government claims that Hasina was the key person who passed the order in the "massacre" during the July-August period.
