In today's episode of India Global, the interim government in Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note and urged India to send deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina back to Dhaka. This leaves New Delhi is a challenging position,

Dhaka has formally requested the extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India, citing a prisoner exchange treaty of December 2013.

Bangladesh’s interim government said on Monday that it had sent a diplomatic note to India asking to send back ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka.Hasina, 77, has been living in exile in India since Aug 5 when she fled the country amid the student-led protests that toppled her 16-year regime.

Bangladesh foreign ministry has served a diplomatic note to the Indian government to send back ousted prime minister Sheikh

Ties between the South Asian neighbours, who have strong trade and cultural links, have become fraught since Hasina was ousted following violent protests against her rule and she took refuge across the border.

Bangladesh has sent a formal request to India to extradite ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August amid the student-led protests that ended her 15 years in power, the country’s foreign affairs adviser said Monday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally written to the Ministry of External Affairs of India to facilitate the return of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh. Also read: Dr BR Ambedkar's statue vandalised in Ahmedabad,