Extradition of Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina could take place via a “well-structured process” that involved “legality”, and that a legal process was “in place”, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi said on Saturday (October 3, 2026).
Speaking of Ms. Hasina’s presence in India at the Bay of Bengal Conversation, an annual conclave organised by the Dhaka-based Centre for Governance Studies, Mr.
Trivedi said Ms. Hasina had sought refuge in India based on a decision taken by those governing Bangladesh in July-August 2024, and that, “India had hardly any choice.”
“Again and again, the Government of India through the Spokesperson in MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) has replied to this — that there is a process, and that the process involves legality, and it is well-structured. So, as far as that is concerned, the process is on,” Mr. Hasina’s extradition. The incumbent government of Bangladesh, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has demanded several times that Ms. Mr. Hasina. At that point in time, Ms. Hasina was still the PM of Bangladesh. Hasina was first airlifted from near her residence in Bangladesh by a military helicopter and then flown to India by the Bangladesh Air Force aircraft. Mr. Trivedi recalled the involvement of Bangladesh’s then existing government machinery in facilitating Ms. Hasina was not brought to India by the Indian Air Force or Indian Army. “What was our choice?
Hasina be extradited to face justice for the July-August 2024 crackdown that led to the death of at least 800 civilians, including many students. A panel under the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights placed the number of fatalities at about 1,400. On August 5, 2024, Ms.
Because of tragic circumstances in Bangladesh, that must not be repeated anywhere else in the world, “The situation arose.
Trivedi said in response to a question from a student at the conclave on Ms. “The legal process is there in place, which you can be very sure [about] — India being as vibrant and democratic as Bangladesh is — and you will also respect the legal system, and the legal system is on,” Mr. Trivedi said, adding, “Nobody can give you a time frame [for the extradition]. Trivedi spoke of the “tragic circumstances” in Bangladesh while referring to India’s decision to provide refuge to Ms. We hardly had any choice on that and it was our duty to accept the reality of life,” the High Commissioner said. Hasina’s evacuation from Dhaka, and said, “Ms. If you would have said no to that, and that we were not going to accept, or if we did not give landing permission, then things would have been different,” Mr. Trivedi said in a session titled ‘Power and Prudence’ on the first day of the three-day conclave being held at Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka.
