By Firstdespatch Desk Oct 17, 2024
Dhaka, Oct 17 (FD) A Bangladeshi court has ordered the arrest of self-exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5 last after being fall over in a student-led uprising.
Court on Thursday had issued arrest warrants for Hasina and 45 others, ordering that they attend court by November 18, according to The Daily Star local newspaper.
“Sheikh Hasina was at the helm of those who committed massacres, killings and crimes against humanity in July to August,” the court said, referring to a crackdown on student protests, which killed more than 1,000 people, according to the interim Health Ministry.
The student-led movement began with demonstrations demanding the government abolish 
its practice of reserving a third of civil service jobs for relatives of war veterans, before spiralling into wider protests calling for Hasina’s resignation.
Human rights groups accused the prime minister of using excessive force against protesters, a charge she denied.
After weeks of nationwide unrest, Hasina resigned and fled to India in early August. She was replaced by Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, who is currently leading the country’s interim government.
Meanwhile, Foreign Adviser Tohid Hossain said, “We will take necessary measures to bring back Sheikh Hasina. The court gave one month’s time. We will take whatever steps are required to bring Sheikh Hasina back within this period”.
He said this at a press conference in Dhaka on Thursday.
To a question, if Sheikh Hasina is staying in Delhi or not? , the Foreign Advisor said, "We have unofficially come to know that she is staying in Delhi." FD JK