India, June 12 -- Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus contended on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi brushed aside his request to prevent former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from making political statements from Indian soil.

Yunus, who was speaking at Chatham House in London, said efforts will continue to seek Hasina's extradition from India so that she can face charges in Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, which recently indicted her for ordering a police crackdown on protestors last year.

There was no immediate response from Indian officials to the remarks made by Yunus during the interactive session at the British think tank.

Hasina fled to India last August after her government collapsed in the fac...