Balaghat, Nov. 18 -- Riva Ganguly Das, Former High Commissioner to Bangladesh, reacted to the death sentence awarded to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for "crimes against Humanity" and said that "nothing was surprising" about the verdict because the "whole process has been designed" in such a way.

"I think there was no surprise in the verdict which was given. It was quite expected that this was the way the verdict would go because the whole process has been designed in such a way, and given the political atmosphere in Bangladesh, I think there's nothing surprising about the verdict. In fact, if she had not been given this verdict, we would have been a little surprised..."

She also spoke on India's position with respect to the verdi...