Law Adviser Asif Nazrul on Monday said another letter will be sent to India asking New Delhi to extradite ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during last year’s July mass uprising.

He made the remark in a briefing held at the Secretariat minutes after the verdict was announced.

The adviser said, “We will write to India again to have Sheikh Hasina extradited to Bangladesh. If India continues to give shelter to this mass murderer, the country must understand that it is engaging in hostility and a reprehensible act against Bangladesh and its people.”

The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday ordered the execution by hanging of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in the case filed for crimes against humanity over the massacre committed in July–August 2024.

At the same time, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun—who admitted guilt and testified before the tribunal as a prosecution witness against the former prime minister and former home minister—has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Adviser Asif said, “Today is a historic day for Bangladesh. Today, the greatest act of establishing justice has taken place on the soil of Bangladesh.”

Expressing personal satisfaction with the verdict, he said, “I am not surprised by the verdict. Given the indisputable and compelling evidence of crimes against humanity committed by Sheikh Hasina and her associates, any court in the world would have sentenced them to the highest punishment.”