Law Adviser Asif Nazrul of the Interim Government on Sunday said that the government will request Interpol for issuing red notices to arrest and bring back fugitives allegedly involved in the ‘killings and genocide during the student protests’ of July and August,
"The step will be taken soon," said the adviser in the morning after inspecting the status of renovation at the International Crimes Tribunal, which is housed in the Old High Court building on the Supreme Court premises.
"We will work with sincerity and prioritise bringing them back from wherever they are hiding," he added.
At least 753 people were killed and thousands more injured during the July-August mass uprising.
Over 60 complaints of crimes against humanity and genocide have been filed against Bangladesh's prime minister Sheikh Hasina and many of her party men with the ICT investigation agency and the prosecution team till mid-October.
However, in an interview with the Financial Times published on 30 October, the Chief Adviser Dr Yunus also said his interim government would not immediately seek the extradition of Hasina from India, an approach that for the moment may help avoid fuelling diplomatic tensions between Bangladesh and its giant neighbour.
