Nearly 1,500 students, workers and civilians were killed during the anti-government protests in July and August, said the country’s interim leader.
Dhaka will demand the extradition of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from New Delhi, said Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country’s interim government, on Sunday, reported the Dhaka Tribune.
“You are aware of the dire situation under which we had to take charge,” Yunus said in an address to mark 100 days of his government. “Following an unprecedented mass uprising by students, workers and the public, the fascist leader [Hasina] fled, leaving the country temporarily without a government.”
Hasina resigned as the prime minister and fled to India on August 5 amid widespread protests against her Awami League government. Yunus, a Nobel laureate economist, took over as the head of an interim government on August 8.
