India, Dec. 4 -- The Bangladesh International Crime Tribunal (ICT) Thursday issued an arrest warrant against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

This comes even as a Dhaka court earlier this week sentenced former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to five years imprisonment on charges of corruption.

The ICT has also sentenced 78-year-old Hasina to death for the students who were killed during last year's protests in Bangladesh. Following this, the country sent a fresh extradition request to India, making it the third formal extradition request since Hasina fled to India.

The ICT had issued the arrest warrant against Joy on charges of committing crimes against humanity by shutting down the internet during the student-le...