\n Bangladesh said Monday it has requested India send back ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to face trial after she was toppled in a student-led revolution and fled to old ally New Delhi.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hasina's iron-fisted rule was backed by New Delhi, and the 77-year-old remains in India where she took refuge after her ouster in August, fraying relations between the two neighbouring nations.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"We informed the Indian government through a Note Verbale (diplomatic note) that we want her (Sheikh Hasina) back for the judicial process\", Touhid Hossain, in charge of foreign affairs in Bangladesh's interim government, told reporters.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dhaka has already issued an arrest warrant for Hasina -- last seen arriving in neighbouring India after fleeing Bangladesh by helicopter as crowds stormed her palace on August 5.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hasina was summoned to appear in court in Dhaka last month to face charges of \"massacres, killings, and crimes against humanity\".\n<\/p>\n
\n Dozens of Hasina's allies have been taken into custody since her regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700 people during the unrest that led to her ouster.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hasina's 15-year tenure saw widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killings of her political opponents.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman for India's foreign ministry said Monday that the request had been received.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"We confirm that we have received a Note Verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission today in connection with an extradition request,\" the spokesman said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"At this time, we have no comment to offer on this matter.\"\n<\/p>\n
\n Bangladesh said last month it would request an Interpol \"red notice\" alert for fugitive leaders of Hasina's regime.\n<\/p>\n
\n Red notices issued by the global police body alert law enforcement agencies worldwide about fugitives.\n<\/p>\n
\n India is a member of Interpol, but the red notice does not mean New Delhi must hand Hasina over as each country applies their own laws on whether an arrest should be made.\n<\/p>\n
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