Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks India to extradite former PM Sheikh Hasina
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Dhaka: Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked India formally on Monday to hand over its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina immediately, stressing on the bilateral extradition treaty that required New Delhi to do so.
The Ministry put forth its demand a few hours after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced Hasina to death, charging her for involvement in the violent crackdown on a nationwide student uprising of 2024.
Pointing out that the former PM fled the country amid the student unrest and had been staying in India since then, the Ministry said in a press release that the verdict on Monday found Hasina ‘guilty of crimes against humanity’ in relation to the killings in Bangladesh in July. It warned that any country giving shelter to the ex-PM would be committing ‘an extremely unfriendly act and a disregard for justice.’
The ICT has also handed a death sentence to former Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who was tried in absentia in the same case. The Ministry said Kamal must also be repatriated to Bangladesh without delay to face the punishment.
“The Government of India must immediately hand over these two convicted individuals to the Bangladesh authorities,” the ministry said, adding that Bangladesh expected India to respect its legal commitments, given the gravity of the charges against Kamal and Hasina and also the Tribunal’s findings.
The Indian authorities, however, are yet to comment on the Tribunal’s judgment or the demand for Hasina’s extradition.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
