Bangladesh’s interim government of Muhammad Yunus has sent an “official letter” to New Delhi seeking the extradition of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) sentenced her to death.

“The letter was sent the day before yesterday (Friday),” the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported, quoting foreign affairs adviser Touhid Hossain as saying without elaboration.

The special Bangladeshi tribunal on November 17 handed Hasina, 78, the capital punishment along with then home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on charges of committing “crimes against humanity” after their trial in absentia while both are staying in India.

The third accused in the case, former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, who faced the trial in pers

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