DHAKA: Bangladesh will take necessary steps to extradite deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India to try her on charges of mass killings during the student-led mass movement against her government,

Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India last month amidst unprecedented anti-government protests that peaked on August 5.

Bangladesh will take necessary steps to extradite deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India to try her on charges of mass killings during the student-led mass movement against her government, the newly-appointed chief prosecutor of the country’s International Crimes Tribunal said on Sunday.

Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh’s interim government had hinted that Dhaka might seek Sheikh Hasina's extradition.