B'desh sends note verbale asking India to send back Sheikh Hasina

The interim government in Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note and urged India to send deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back to Dhaka.

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NEW DELHI: The 77-year-old Awami League leader has been living in India since August 5, when she escaped Bangladesh amid massive students-led protests that brought down her 16-year-old government.

India confirmed receiving the 'note verbale' or diplomatic communication from the Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi but refrained from making any comment on it.

The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants in the names of Sheikh Hasina and her ministers, advisors and former military and civil officials, accusing them of "crimes against humanity and genocide".

Touhid Hossain, the foreign affairs adviser in the interim government, told media persons, "We have sent a note verbale (diplomatic message) to the Indian government saying that Bangladesh wants her back here for the judicial process."