India, May 28 -- The chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's domestic International Crimes Tribunal, Mohammad Tajul Islam, has made several detailed revelations about what went behind former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster. According to him, the Bangladesh military officials asked Hasina to step down from the country's top post last year to prevent more bloodshed. She, however, refused until her son convinced her to.

"You shoot me and bury me here, in Ganabhaban," she reportedly said when asked to resign. However, she fled Dhaka after her son's intervention.

Islam made the revelation during a hearing, reported Prothom Alo, Bangladesh's local media organisation.

Tajul Islam has officially filed charges in a case involving crim...