According to sources, Bangladesh sent India a verbale letter regarding an extradition request for Sheikh Hasina, the former prime leader of India's neighbour, where a caretaker government is in power.

"We certify that the Bangladesh High Commission sent us a verbale communication today regarding a request for extradition. We have nothing to say about this at this moment," a source stated.

A note verbale is a third-person, unsigned diplomatic message.

Earlier, today, Bangladesh's de facto Foreign Minister Touhid Hossain said Dhaka wants Ms Hasina back to face trial. "We have sent a note verbale to the Indian government saying that Bangladesh wants her back here for the judicial process," Mr Hossain told reporters in Dhaka.

India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has not commented on the matter.

Ms Hasina, 77, left her country on August 5 following massive protests that toppled her 16-year regime.

Ms. Hasina, former ministers, advisers, and military and civil authorities have all been given arrest warrants for "crimes against humanity and genocide" by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), which is situated in Bangladesh.

Jahangir Alam, the home adviser for Bangladesh, stated that his office wrote to the MEA requesting permission to extradite Ms. Hasina from India.

Regarding her extradition, we have written to the foreign ministry. In answer to a question from reporters, he stated, "The process is currently underway."

According to Mr. Alam, Ms. Hasina may be sent to Bangladesh in accordance with an extradition pact that exists between Dhaka and New Delhi.

Last month, in an address to the nation on the completion of 100 days of the interim government, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said it will seek the extradition of Ms Hasina.

"We must ensure justice in every killing... We will also ask India to send back fallen autocrat Sheikh Hasina," he said.

Source: NDTV