New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri has suggested that the Bangladesh Army should step in to facilitate ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's planned return to Dhaka next month if Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's government refuses to engage in the process.

Speaking to ANI amid escalating street violence and political instability across Bangladesh, Sikri argued that Hasina's announced intention to return in December and face legal proceedings renders Dhaka's prolonged extradition demands irrelevant.

"Now that she wants to go back, I think the extradition process is no longer meaningful... And I think the Bangladesh government and Indian government should work out a process. If the Bangladesh go...