ICT chief prosecutor calls Hasina’s passport request a political stunt
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International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Aminul Islam said ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s request for a passport and National Identity Card (NID) is a political stunt.
He made these remarks at his office on Monday.
International news agency Reuters reported that Hasina, who took refuge in India in July mass uprising 2024, applied for a passport and NID on Monday, after declaring her decision to return to the country. She submitted this application through the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi.
When his reaction was sought on this matter, Aminul added, “The matter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s application for a passport is a political stunt. She will never return to the country. I am seeing through various newspapers that she has applied for a passport. I simply want to say one thing: all of these seem to me like a political stunt.”
The chief prosecutor said, “Tomorrow, I will officially explain to you what the legal position is. For now, this much I can tell you: she will never come, and precisely because she will not come, she is pulling off these political stunts.”
ICT sentenced Hasina to death in crimes against humanity case committed during the student-mass movement in July-August 2024. Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was also handed the death penalty in the same case.
