Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- Describing the application filed by deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking a new passport and national identity card (NID) as a political stunt, Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Md Aminul Islam on Monday said she would never return to Bangladesh.

He came up with the information while talking to reporters, saying the prosecution would present its official position on the matter at a press conference on Tuesday.

Many media outlets carried reports that Hasina had applied for a new Bangladeshi passport and NID card through the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India, as part of her reported efforts to return home.

In a letter emailed to the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, wh...