A SPECIAL tribunal in Bangladesh today asked the international police organisation Interpol to issue a “red notice” for the arrest of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The tribunal argued that the former prime minister should answer for her actions in connection with the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the student led mass uprising that led to her removal from power.

The law advisor to the country’s interim government, Asif Nazrul, said that the government would request the France-based organisation to issue a red notice alert for Ms Hasina and her loyalists.

He said: “Those responsible for the indiscriminate killings during the mass uprising in July and August will be brought back from wherever they have taken refuge.”

“We will ensure they are arrested and brought to justice.”

In October, a Bangladeshi court issued arrest warrants against Ms Hasina and dozens of her close aides who have been accused of involvement in the “killing and genocide” of protesters.

Ms Hasina fled to India on August 5 with her close aides and former ministers, ending a 15-year rule.

Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus took over as the interim leader of the South Asian nation on August 8, and later reconstituted the tribunal that once handled charges of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan.