Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM over deaths of protesters
Sheikh Hasina fled to India on August 5 after weeks of violent protests in which hundreds of people died.
A special court in Bangladesh has issued arrest warrants for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, including her close aides, on charges of crimes against humanity during a student-led uprising that forced her to flee the country, a prosecutor said.
Prosecutor BM Sultan Mahmud said the Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal had issued the arrest warrants in response to two petitions submitted by the prosecution.
He said the head of the tribunal, Golam Mortuza Majumdar, issued the orders in the presence of other judges.
Ms Hasina fled to India on August 5 after weeks of violent protests in which hundreds of people died.
Prosecutors said in the petitions that Ms Hasina, her close aides and security agencies were responsible for killing the protesters and others.
