Legal Preparations to Bring Hasina Back Are Complete, Decision Now India's: Law Minister Asaduzzaman

All legal preparations by the Bangladesh government to bring back Sheikh Hasina, a convict sentenced by a court and the ousted former prime minister, have been finalised. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman said the responsibility for taking action on the matter now rests with India.

He stated the government's position while answering various questions from journalists after the annual general meeting of the Bangladesh Registration Service Association, held at Agargaon in the capital.

The law minister noted that Sheikh Hasina has no remaining opportunity to legally appeal against the verdict given on charges of crimes against humanity. He reminded listeners that the law containing these strict provisions was enacted during the rule of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The law minister also confirmed that formal investigation activities into the incidents of crimes against humanity and killings that took place at district level in the country during the student-people's mass uprising of 2024 will begin very soon.

Stating that the government will have no interference of any kind in the judicial process of the Awami League, whose activities have been banned as a political party, the law minister said the judiciary will perform its duties completely independently and neutrally in accordance with the law.

On the subject of simplifying services at the country's sub-registrar offices, he also warned that ordinary citizens will be kept free from any kind of suffering and administrative harassment, and if any deviation occurs, strict punitive action will be taken against those concerned without any leniency.