DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Sunday it would seek a “red alert” alert from Interpol for fugitive leaders of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s regime, which was toppled in a revolution in August.
“Those responsible for the indiscriminate killings during the mass uprising in July and August will be brought back from wherever they have taken refuge,” Asif Nazrul, legal adviser to the interim government, told reporters on Sunday.
“We will make sure they are caught and brought to justice.”
Dozens of Hasina’s allies have been detained since her regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700 people during the riots that led to her ouster.
France-based Interpol publishes red notices at the request of a member state, based on an arrest warrant issued in their country of origin.
Nazrul did not mention any individuals by name, but Bangladesh has already issued an arrest warrant for Hasina, 77 – who was last seen arriving in India after fleeing by helicopter as crowds stormed her palace.
Hasina’s 15-year rule has seen widespread human rights abuses, including mass detentions and extrajudicial killings of her political opponents.
Red notices issued by the global police force warn law enforcement agencies around the world about fugitives.
Nazrul said they would seek a red alert “as soon as possible”.
India is a member of Interpol, but the red notice does not mean New Delhi has to hand over Hasina.
Member states can “apply their own laws to decide whether to arrest a person,” according to the group, which organizes police cooperation among 196 member states.
Hasina has been summoned to appear in a Dhaka court on November 18 to face charges of “massacres, murders and crimes against humanity”.
Mohammad Tajul Islam, Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court (ICT) of Bangladesh, said AFP that the court had “sought arrest warrants for more than 60 people” and that “about 25 have been arrested so far”.
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