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A special tribunal in Bangladesh will seek information from police on what steps the country’s security agencies have taken to arrest ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her close aides who are accused of killing hundreds of people in protests a few months ago. .
Dhaka. A special tribunal in Bangladesh will seek information from police on what steps the country’s security agencies have taken to arrest ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her close aides who are accused of killing hundreds of people in protests a few months ago. . Hasina had left Bangladesh and reached India on August 5 amid student-led protests here and has been living in exile there since then. The Dhaka-based ‘International Crimes Tribunal’ had issued warrants for Hasina and 45 others on October 17.
Which includes former cabinet ministers, advisors and military and administrative officers. There is currently an interim government in the country whose head is Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. According to tribunal prosecutor B M Sultan Mahmood, at least 14 people will appear before the tribunal on Monday, including a former law minister and an advisor and businessman from Hasina’s private sector. Tribunal officials said six more people would appear on Wednesday.
At least 20 suspects have been arrested in the case. The tribunal will take information from the police about the progress made in arresting Hasina and other suspects in this connection. The tribunal’s chief prosecutor has sought help from Interpol through the country’s police chief to arrest Hasina. Yunus, in his message to the nation on Sunday, had said that his administration would demand Hasina’s extradition from India.
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