India, Oct. 4 -- Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has said India had little choice but to allow former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to enter the country amid the crisis that unfolded in Bangladesh.

Speaking during a question-and-answer session at the Bay of Bengal Conversation 2026 in Dhaka on Saturday, Trivedi said refusing permission for Hasina to land in India could have resulted in a significantly different situation. Responding to a question about whether India would extradite Hasina, the Indian envoy said she was not transported to India by the Indian Air Force or the Indian Army. According to him, Hasina reached India aboard a Bangladeshi military aircraft following the events that led to her depart...