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India Rejects Deadline for Hasina Extradition Request

By Drooid · Oct 4, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi says India cannot set a deadline for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition.
Sheikh Hasina, 79, has remained in India since fleeing Dhaka on August 5, 2024.
The case is reviewed under the 2013 Extradition Treaty, amended 2016, which permits political-offence exceptions.
Bangladesh sentenced Hasina to death in absentia in November 2025 for a crackdown that killed at least 800 civilians.

History

Historical Context

India’s military intervention in the 1971 war helped create Bangladesh, and on 19 March 1972 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman signed a 25-year Indo-Bangladesh Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace. The pact’s legal-assistance provisions set a precedent that today shapes the extradition dispute cited by High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi.

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Story summary

High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi says India cannot set a deadline for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition.
Sheikh Hasina, 79, has remained in India since fleeing Dhaka on August 5, 2024.
The case is reviewed under the 2013 Extradition Treaty, amended 2016, which permits political-offence exceptions.
Bangladesh sentenced Hasina to death in absentia in November 2025 for a crackdown that killed at least 800 civilians.

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