Will India extradite Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh after ICT indictment? Know how and why New Delhi can refuse

Bit stated former-Prime Minister Bangladesh (File Official) Sheikh Hasina

The International Court of Crimes (BIt) after the officially framed charges against Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was dismissed on Thursday, the question of discussion: India will come under pressure and send the old ally back to his country? Sheikh Hasina left his office, and thousands of people fled to India on August 5, 2024 after he went to the streets that protested against him, suppressing his official residence, destroying it and plundered almost everything they could take. Later, he said that there was a conspiracy to kill his father and sister Sheikh Rehaana in the same way as his father Sheikh Mujibur Rehmand, and many other members of the family, including the 10 -year -old brother Russel, were killed on 15 August 1975 in a coup.

Dakka already asked the new Delhi to return the Awami League leader. Previously, the Court ordered the Prime Minister to arrest against 45 people, including close assistants of Hasina and the best Awami League leaders. They are accused of committing crimes against humanity. Chief Public Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said that the court’s president Muhammad Golam Mortuza Majumdar gave orders after two petitions looking for an arrest warrant.

Sheikh Hasina accused of genocide

The provisional government led by Muhammad Yunus filed about 200 cases for the murders that occurred during the student protests against Sheikh Hasina. Media reports claim that more than 230 people have been killed in the student protests that demanded the withdrawal of the reservations for the grandchildren of those who participated in the Bangladesh War in 1971. Hasina, other politicians and senior officials were held responsible for these deaths.

Why can’t India return Sheikh Hasina?

Analysts believe that India cannot return the former Prime Minister to Bangladesh, despite India’s return agreement with Dakka. Ironically, the agreement was signed when Sheikh Hasina became the Prime Minister of the country. According to a article in the Indian-Bangladesh return treaty signed in 2013, the new Delhi may reject the request if the accusations are politically motivated. The Return Treaty also has a long list of criminal offenses that cannot be motivated politically. It includes murder, kidnapping, bomb explosion and terrorism.

Political observers believe that India will be difficult not to deport it on this basis, as Sheikh Hasina is accused of murder and genocide. However, according to Article 10 (3) added to the Treaty in 2016, it will not be compulsory to give evidence of crime; The arrest warrant issued by a court shall be sufficient for the return.

Considering this, even if a regional court issued an arrest warrant against Sheikh Hasina and Dakka, India will be in a very difficult position because India wants to return it. In this case, a court issued an arrest order and asked the former Bangladesh Prime Minister to attend the hearing. Analysts believe that India can reject the request for return under some other provisions of the treaty. If a lawsuit is filed in that country to be returned to the country where the request for a refund is made, the request may be rejected.

Will India refuse to send Hasina back?

Political analysts believe that the new Delhi can refuse to return if the accusations are not made in the interest of the judicial process. Experts, if the accusations are related to social crimes and the criminal case -law, the new Delhi’nin rejection of the requests of return, he points out. India can also reject the return request, because sheikh Hasina can be ill or justice can be rejected.

India may specify the example of Deepu Moni, the former Minister of Education, who has been attacked by court buildings. It can also be noted that Industrial Consultant Salman F Rehman was humiliated when producing in court.