Bangladesh’s intervening time authorities announced plans on Sunday to are looking for Interpol’s help in apprehending leaders from the currently ousted regime of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who turned into removed from office in August following mass unrest. Speaking to reporters, Asif Nazrul, the meantime authorities’s criminal consultant, emphasised that the government is determined to convey to justice those worried within the violent crackdowns in the course of July and August, which reportedly claimed over 700 lives. “Those liable for the indiscriminate killings all through the mass rebellion could be delivered again from anywhere they have got taken safe haven,” Nazrul said. “We will make sure they may be arrested and brought to justice.” The call for a “red word” from Interpol, an international alert for fugitives, is part of the government’s effort to pursue those related to the controversial police operations underneath Hasina’s 15-year rule. Hasina herself, 77, is thought to have fled to India through helicopter just earlier than her palace turned into overtaken with the aid of protestors. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has already issued an arrest warrant for Hasina, who has been summoned to appear in Dhaka on November 18 to stand fees of “massacres, killings, and crimes against humanity.” Mohammad Tajul Islam, the leader prosecutor of the ICT, disclosed that arrest warrants have been issued for over 60 individuals, with around 25 already in custody. Interpol, primarily based in France, coordinates international police cooperation among 196 member nations. The pink note, but, does not obligate India—an Interpol member—to extradite Hasina. Each member united states of america keeps the discretion to put in force pink notices in line with its very own criminal framework.
