Nazrul IslamDhaka – A special tribunal in Bangladesh has requested the international police agency Interpol to help arrest of the country’s ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina, who resigned and fled to neighboring India on August 5 in the face of a mass uprising, has been accused in more than 100 cases related to the deaths of protesters the uprising against her.
She was also accused for committing ‘crimes against humanity’ during handling of the protests in July and August. The court also issued arrest warrant against her.
“We made the request to Interpol to issue a red notice as the former prime minister is a fugitive in a case related to the crime committed against humanity,” said Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal, a special court meant for trial of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The police agency has been requested to take necessary steps to ensure her arrest, he told reporters in Dhaka on Tuesday.
In its website, the Interpol says that it provides systematic and proactive assistance to member countries in order to locate and arrest fugitives.
Some 1,581 people were reportedly killed in violence during the protests in July and August, according to a committee formed to collect information on the casualties during the uprising.
An interim government headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took over on August 8, three days after Hasina’s ouster. The government vowed to prosecute Hasina for committing the crimes and bring back home to face justice.
The government reconstituted the special court that was set up by Hasina in 2010 to prosecute crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation war with Pakistan, to try the former prime minister.
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