Dhaka, Nov. 10 -- Prime Minister's Information Advisor Zahed Ur Rahman has said there should be no legal obstacles preventing India from extraditing Sheikh Hasina if the former prime minister herself wants to return to Bangladesh.

Speaking at a weekly briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday, Zahed said the government remained committed to bringing Hasina back through formal extradition procedures.

"The Indian government should have no problem at this point because the person who is supposed to be extradited herself wants to return," he said.

"So we no longer believe there is any legal issue."

Hasina, who fled to India after being ousted in the July-August 2024 mass uprising, has said she intends to return to Bangladesh in December to s...