Bangladesh to seek Interpol alert for fugitive Hasina loyalists

Dhaka: Bangladesh said Sunday it would request an Interpol red notice alert for fugitive leaders of the ousted regime of former prime minister Sheik...

Dhaka: Bangladesh said Sunday it would request an Interpol "red notice" alert for fugitive leaders of the ousted regime of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was toppled in a revolution in August.

"Those responsible for the indiscriminate killings during the mass uprising in July and August will be brought back from wherever they have taken refuge", Asif Nazrul, the interim government's law advisor, told reporters on Sunday.

"We will ensure they are arrested and brought to justice".

Dozens of Hasina's allies have been taken into custody since her regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700 people during the unrest that led to her ouster.

France-based Interpol publishes red notices at the request of a member nation, based on an arrest warrant issued in their home country.