Overview
- Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi said Saturday that the extradition request from Bangladesh is being examined through a structured legal process that involves the courts so New Delhi cannot give a deadline.
- Trivedi repeated that Hasina’s August 5, 2024 flight to India was unexpected and that the Indian Air Force and Army did not bring her into the country.
- Bangladesh first sought Hasina’s extradition in December 2024 and the demand was renewed after Tarique Rahman’s government took office in February 2026.
- Hasina was sentenced in absentia to death by Bangladeshi tribunals in November 2025 and several of her former colleagues received convictions in September 2026, raising urgency in Dhaka for return or transfer.
- The 2013 India–Bangladesh extradition treaty and its political‑offence exception shape the process, and the unresolved legal review is keeping ties strained and complicating Rahman’s proposed visit and wider cooperation on trade and river talks.