Sheikh Hasina : The newly appointed chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal said on Sunday that necessary steps would be taken to extradite ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India so that she can be tried on charges of mass killings during the recent student movement.

There will be a trial for charges of mass murder

After unprecedented anti-government protests reached their peak on August 5, Hasina had to resign as prime minister and fled the country to India. The Daily Star newspaper quoted International Crimes Tribunal chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam as saying that necessary steps would be taken to bring back former prime minister Hasina under the extradition treaty with India so that she could be tried for alleged mass killings during student-led protests in July and August.

"When the International Crimes Tribunal resumes its work, we will apply before it to issue arrest warrants against all absconding accused, including Sheikh Hasina, in cases of mass murder and crimes against humanity," he said at a press conference at the tribunal complex in Dhaka.

How many people were killed during the protests?

According to Noor Jahan Begum, health adviser to the interim government, more than 1,000 people have been killed and hundreds injured during protests against the Hasina-led government. Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal last month launched an investigation against Hasina and nine others on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the students' mass movement from July 15 to August 5.

Islam said the tribunal and its investigation team would have to be reconstituted by appointing new judges and investigators. After the ouster of the Hasina-led government, the prosecution team resigned after the formation of an interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who was appointed during the Hasina government.