`No comment`: India on Bangladesh`s extradition request for Hasina

India on Monday confirmed receiving an official request from the interim Bangladesh government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, seeking extradition of deposed prime minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka, reports indiatoday.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal disclosed the development and said that currently New Delhi has no comment to offer on this matter.

"We confirm that we have received a note verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission today in connection with an extradition request. Currently, we have no comment to offer on this matter," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said during a media briefing.

A note verbale is a formal diplomatic communication written in the third person and remains unsigned.

Earlier in the day, Bangladesh's de facto Foreign Minister Touhid Hossain said his office in Dhaka that the country has sent a diplomatic note to India’s Foreign Ministry for Hasina's extradition.

"We have sent a note verbale to the Indian government saying that Bangladesh wants her back here for the judicial process," Hossain told reporters in Dhaka.

Hasina, 77, fled to New Delhi from Bangladesh on August 5 following massive protests that toppled her 16-year regime. Currently, she faces many court cases over the deaths, including some on charges of crimes against humanity.

Hasina and her close aides are already facing arrest warrants by the Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal and the Yunus government has sought help from the internal police organisation Interpol for her arrest.

Earlier today, Bagladesh Home Adviser Jahangir Alam said his office sent a letter to the foreign ministry to facilitate the ousted premier's extradition from India._Agencies.