New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of Sheikh Hasina, has dismissed the legitimacy of Dhaka's extradition request, alleging violations of judicial norms in the cases against his mother and the former Bangladesh Prime Minister.

In an interview with ANI, Joy expressed profound gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for granting her asylum in August 2024, and claimed that militants were planning to assassinate her.

"They terminated 17 judges before the trial, amended laws illegally without parliamentary approval, and barred her defence attorneys from court proceedings," he told ANI. "When there is no due process whatsoever, no country is going to extradite."

He expressed confidence that Indian authorities would reject the r...