The removal of 77-year-old Hasina followed weeks of protests led by students over a controversial quota system in government jobs that escalated into a nationwide campaign calling

India also has the option of refusing Hasina’s extradition on the ground that the accusations made against her are not “in good faith in the interests of justice”, although this may further strain ties between New Delhi and Dhaka.

Bangladesh on Monday sent a note verbale — a formal diplomatic communication — to New Delhi requesting Hasina's return to face "judicial proceedings" in her home country.

Sheikh Hasina has been living in exile in India since August when she fled Bangladesh amid the intensifying student-led protests.

The interim government in Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note and urged India to send deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back to Dhaka. The 77-year-old Awami League leader has been living in India since August 5 when she fled Bangladesh amid massive protests that brought down her 16-year-old regime and forced her to flee.

Bangladesh has requested India's assistance in returning its former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, for a judicial process. The move comes amid tense relations between the countries following Hasina's ousting and subsequent refuge in India.

Bangladesh wrote to India on Monday, requesting the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to that country for the judicial process. The interim government sent a diplomatic note to India, asking for Hasina's return, as she has been staying in India since August 5.

Bangladesh has formally requested India to extradite ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina for “judicial process”, nearly five months after she fled to New Delhi during a bloody anti-government protest.

Bangladesh is requesting India to return former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for judicial proceedings. This comes after her ousting and subsequent refuge in New Delhi. Diplomatic tensions have surfaced between the two nations,

The head of Bangladesh’s interim government, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, has demanded that India send Hasina back so that Bangladesh can try her for what it says are crimes against protestors and her opponents, and crimes she is accused of committing during her tenure over the past 15 years.

Bangladesh has seen significant changes with the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India amid protests. Relations with India may be impacted, especially with the interim leader Muhammad Yunus calling for her extradition.