Bangladesh sent full Hasina extradition docs to India, will issue reminder when needed: Foreign ministry
Says no need to send UN fact finding report to India
On whether the UN fact finding reports will be sent to India to facilitate the extradition process, Alam replied in the negative.
"The whole world is aware of the report of the UN fact-finding mission on human rights violations during the July-August protests. There is no relevance in sharing it with India. This report is for Bangladesh's own use. Why should we share it with India? Different agencies will decide their instructions and actions based on this report.
The note verbale - diplomatic communication that is written in the third person and is unsigned - was sent at the end of December.
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Since then, India has refrained from commenting further on the request.
"You know, a week back, I had confirmed that we have received a communication from the Bangladesh authorities in respect of former PM Sheikh Hasina. Further than that, I have nothing to add at this point in time," said Randhir Jaiswal, official spokesperson at the Ministry of External Affairs, in January.
Interim government Adviser Mahfuj Alam had a few days earlier said they heard that India would not return her.
"Our observation is that they have made a political decision that they will not return her. We are hearing as such," the adviser said.
Bangladesh was supposed to send a reminder after a certain period if no reply is received from New Delhi.
He said the government will take the next step based on the reply from the Indian side. "At this moment, we won't make any comments as we will wait for the reply."
Hasina is facing over 100 cases with a wide range of charges, including murder, genocide and crimes against humanity over killings during the July uprising that led to make her flee to India on 5 August.
Bangladesh and India signed an extradition treaty in 2013, which was later amended in 2016, providing a legal framework for such requests.
In July 2016, Bangladesh and India amended Article 10 (3) of their bilateral extradition treaty to facilitate swift extradition of fugitive criminals between the two nations.
