Bangladesh’s interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74 others for their alleged role in the brutal crackdown on last year’s student-led protests against her government, an official said on Tuesday.
Hasina fled to India on August 5 in the face of the violent mass uprising in which the interim government says hundreds of people were killed and thousands more injured over the course of several weeks.
She has been accused in a number of criminal cases, including crimes against humanity for the killing of protesters, since an interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus came to power days later.
The Department of Passport and Immigration also revoked the passports of 22 others for their alleged involvement in enforced disappearance of hundreds of people during Hasina’s 15-year rule, said Azad Majumder, a press officer to the chief adviser to the interim administration.
The official, however, did not disclose the name of the individuals whose passports were revoked, other than the former prime minister.
The interim government last month formally requested India to extradite Hasina to face justice back home, but India has not yet responded to Bangladesh’s request.
