After Sheikh Hasina's conviction, Bangladesh's foreign office on Monday sought the former prime minister's immediate extradition from India. While the Yunus-led interim government insists it's India's "obligatory duty" under the bilateral treaty, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty says the legal grounds are far from clear. Advertisement

India, he explains, is under no immediate obligation to hand over the ousted Bangladeshi leader, given that the treaty includes a major exception for political offences. "The current government in Dhaka will now say she (Hasina) has been convicted, now hand her over. Handing her over on extradition is a legal process. So, they will have to go through the legality, which means going to court in India, filing extradition

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