Sajeeb Wazed, son of former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, stated on Wednesday that the Muhammad Yunus-led interim authorities is “weaponising the judiciary” to launch a political witch hunt in opposition to the leaders of his mom’s celebration, the Awami League management.
Sheikh Hasina was ousted from energy in August following a lethal protest in opposition to reservations in authorities jobs. She fled the nation in a navy helicopter and took refuge in India. Later, Yunus fashioned an interim authorities.
The interim authorities on Monday stated it had despatched a diplomatic observe to India searching for Sheikh Hasina’s extradition.
Bangladesh’s Worldwide Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several other former Cupboard ministers, advisers and navy and civil officers for “crimes in opposition to humanity and genocide.”
Wazed stated in a social media put up that members of the judiciary appointed by the Yunus authorities launched a witch hunt to persecute Awami League management.
“The judges and prosecutors appointed by the unelected Yunus-led regime to conduct farcical trial course of by Worldwide Crimes Tribunal makes it a political witch hunt that forsakes justice and marks one other ongoing onslaught to persecute Awami League management,” Wazed stated in his put up on Tuesday.
An IT entrepreneur, Wazed is predicated within the US and was an ICT adviser in Hasina’s authorities.
“The kangaroo tribunal and subsequent request for extradition comes whereas a whole lot of leaders and activists are extrajudicially killed, framing of outrageous homicide expenses, unlawful incarceration of hundreds by regulation enforcement and violent assaults together with looting vandalism and arson occurring with impunity on a regular basis fuelled by denial of the regime,” he added.
India and Bangladesh’s relations have strained since Hasina’s ouster. There are tensions between the 2 nations over the persecution of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.
On Monday, India confirmed receiving the ‘observe verbale’ or diplomatic communication from the Bangladesh Excessive fee in New Delhi however kept away from commenting on it.
Wazed additional accused the chief prosecutor of ICT Tribunal, Tajul Islam, of defending conflict criminals. He claimed that he reportedly unfold a “deliberate disinformation marketing campaign” in opposition to Hasina by claiming that Interpol issued a crimson discover in opposition to her.
“However the prosecutor later altered his assertion following media publicity of the outright lie and now formally despatched a request to India for the extradition,” Hasina’s son stated.
“We reiterate our place that each single incident of human rights violation between July and August must be investigated in a free and honest method however the Yunus-led regime weaponised the judiciary, and we categorical no confidence within the justice system,” he alleged.
With inputs from PTI
