India, Aug. 5 -- Pakistan's ISI has "an open hand" in Bangladesh, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son has claimed. Hundreds of criminals had been released from prisons under the current administration, Sajeeb Wazed Joy alleged, and said that "the next set of terrorists globally" could come from Bangladesh.

Speaking at a press conference, where Hasina also announced plans to return to Bangladesh, Joy claimed that Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), wielded significant influence in Bangladesh.

"Pakistan's ISI has an open hand in Bangladesh. Hundreds of militants we had arrested have been released. This is a problem for India and the world," he said on Wednesday. Joy alleged that militant...