Dhaka, July 11 -- Welcoming deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Adviser of the Interim Government Dr Asif Nazrul said the interim government had formally requested India to send Sheikh Hasina back to Bangladesh.

In a Facebook post on Saturday, he said that the current BNP-led government had also taken the same initiative.

"The government says it wants to bring her to justice under the law. On the other hand, Sheikh Hasina has expressed her interest in returning to the country. If that is true, then why wait until December? Sheikh Hasina, you should return to the country now," he wrote.

Asif said Hasina had many questions to answer before the people of Bangladesh and the courts.

He referred to the deaths during the July uprisi...