New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- India has an 'obligatory duty' to extradite former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, claims Mohammed Yunus, chief adviser to the country's interim government, following her conviction.

Hasina, who has lived in exile in New Delhi since her August 2024 ouster after months-long student protests, was on Monday sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on charges of crimes against humanity.

Although the ICT verdict remains pertinent from the perspective of accountability and post-transitional justice in the neighbouring country, New Delhi is unlikely to extradite her, even as it reaffirms its commitment to the people of Bangladesh.

An exception clause in the 2013 extradition treaty could prov...