Staff Reporter:
Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh to convey the gov-ernment’s serious concern over India allowing fugitive Sheikh Hasina to continue making incendiary statements calling upon her supporters to engage in ‘terrorist activities’ in Bangladesh, aiming to thwart the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma was summoned yesterday afternoon, ac-cording to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Bangladesh reiterated its call for the expeditious extradition of Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to face the sentences handed down by the judicial authorities in Bangladesh,” the statement said.
The Ministry also drew the attention of the envoy to anti-Bangladesh activities by fugitive Awami League members staying in India, including planning, organizing and helping to carry out terrorist activ-ities inside Bangladesh in order to hinder the upcoming elections.
The Indian government was called upon to expeditiously act to end the criminal actions by these fascist terrorists and extradite them to Bangladesh as soon as possible, said the statement.
The Ministry further sought India’s cooperation in preventing the escape to India of the suspects in-volved in the recent attempted assassination of Bangladeshi political leader Sharif Osman Hadi and, in case they manage to enter into Indian territory, to ensure their immediate apprehension and extradition to Bangladesh.
The Ministry emphasized that as a neighbor, India is expected to stand with the people of Bangladesh in upholding justice and safeguarding democratic processes.
The High Commissioner of India emphasized that India looked forward to peaceful elections in Bangla-desh and expressed his country’s readiness to extend all cooperation in this regard, said the release.
