Dhaka has urged New Delhi to immediately hand over fugitive convicts Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal after the International Crimes Tribunal found them guilty of the July killings and awarded them the death penalty, stressing that the step is India's treaty-bound obligation.

The existing bilateral extradition agreement between Bangladesh and India marks the transfer of the two convicts as a compulsory responsibility for New Delhi, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. 

According to the ministry, granting shelter to individuals convicted of crimes against humanity would be considered an unfriendly act and a disregard for justice.