If the Indian government does not reply to the diplomatic note issued to the Indian government on Monday, Dhaka would send a reminder letter to New Delhi to send out the ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, back.

“We have not heard back from New Delhi through an official channel as of yet. At the ministry’s weekly media briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Rafiqul Alam stated, “We will wait for their response and if no reply comes within a certain period, we will send a reminder letter.”

On Monday, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry, through its mission in New Delhi, sent a diplomatic note requesting the Indian government to extradite Sheikh Hasina for judicial proceedings in Bangladesh.

Responding to questions, the spokesperson said Dhaka’s next steps to bring Hasina back will depend on India’s reply.

“We do not want to comment on it now or speculate about the situation,” Rafiqul added without disclosing any specific timeline for the waiting period.

Indian media outlets reported on Monday evening that the country’s Ministry of External Affairs had received Bangladesh’s diplomatic note regarding the extradition request.

However, the Indian ministry refrained from making any official comments to this end.

“We confirm that we have received a note verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission today regarding an extradition request. At this time, we have no comment to offer on this matter,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, as quoted by India Today during a press briefing.

Sheikh Hasina is accused in over 100 cases and faces a wide range of charges, including murder, mass killing and crimes against humanity over killings during the July uprising that led to her fleeing to India on August 5.

Bangladesh and India signed an extradition treaty in 2013, which was later amended in 2016, providing a legal framework for such requests.