NDTV:
There is no update, yet, on Sheikh Hasina‘s future plans, the External Affairs Ministry said Thursday, days after the Bangladeshi leader fled her country amid violent protests against her rule. “We do not have any update on her plan…” a ministry spokesperson said when asked when she will leave India.
The Ministry also said it continues to monitor all developments and hopes for an early end to the crisis in Bangladesh. The situation in that country is still evolving, the Ministry said.
Mrs Hasina – who resigned and left Dhaka hours before the Prime Minister’s residence was overrun – was evacuated in a military aircraft and flown to an IAF base in Uttar Pradesh. She was expected to proceed onwards to claim political asylum in the United Kingdom, but there has been no news since.
British Home Office sources told NDTV its rules do not allow people to travel to that country to seek asylum or temporary refuge. For now, Mrs Hasina is believed to be in the custody of Indian intelligence.
On Wednesday night Mrs Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed, told NDTV his mother had not made formal requests for asylum in any country, including India. “Reports about her requesting asylum are incorrect. She has not requested anywhere. So question of UK or US not responding yet is not true.”
Mr Wazed is based in Washington, D.C. in the United States. Mrs Hasina left Bangladesh with her sister Sheikh Rehana, who is a UK citizen and whose daughter, Tulip Siddiqui is a Labour MP.
Mrs Hasina’s daughter, Saima Wazed, is a Delhi-based senior World Health Organisation officer but a Twitter post suggests she has not met her mother since her escape from Dhaka.
