New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- Former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina's son accused the country's interim government led by Muhammad Yunus of weaponising the judiciary and launching a "witch hunt" to persecute Awami League leaders after Dhaka sought his mother's extradition from India.
India's external affairs ministry confirmed on Monday that Yunus's caretaker administration had formally asked for the extradition of Hasina, who has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh in August. The move comes at a time when relations between the two countries are at a new low.
"The judges and prosecutors appointed by unelected Yunus-led regime to conduct farcical trial process through International Crimes Tribunal makes it a political witch hunt that...