New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- India on Tuesday refused to be drawn on the issue of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking a passport from the Bangladesh high commission to facilitate her return home next month, with the external affairs ministry only saying that such travel plans will require a "travel document".

Hasina, who has lived in self-exile in India since her government was toppled in a student-led uprising in August 2024, approached the Bangladesh mission in New Delhi on Monday to seek a passport and a national identity card ahead of her planned return home in December. The request was swiftly dismissed by Bangladesh's deputy foreign minister Humaiun Kobir, who reiterated Dhaka's demand for her extradition.

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