Application submitted to Interpol for red notice against Sheikh Hasina, 11 others

An application has been made to the international police organization Interpol to issue a red notice against 12 people, including ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The National Central Bureau (NCB) of Bangladesh Police submitted the three separate applications to Interpol to issue Red Notices against them.

On Saturday (April 19), police said that each of the 12 people against whom the NCB has submitted applications to issue a red notice has arrest warrants in various cases.

The individuals are accused in the July-August mass killing case and are reportedly absconding abroad.

In addition to Sheikh Hasina, the Interpol red notices issued against Obaidul Quader, General Secretary of the Awami League and former Minister of Road Transport and Bridges; Asaduzzaman Khan, former Home Minister; A K M Mozammel Haque, former Minister for Liberation War Affairs; Hasan Mahmud, former Foreign Minister; Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former Minister for Textiles and Jute; Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, former Education Minister; Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC); Major General (Retd.) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister; Nasrul Hamid, former State Minister for Power; Mohammad Ali Arafat, former State Minister for Information; and Benazir Ahmed, former Inspector General of Police (IGP).