In order to arrest fugitive leaders of the ousted regime of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina — who was toppled in a revolution in August — the interim government in Dhaka on Sunday said that it would request an Interpol "red notice" alert.
"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.
Nazrul did not mention any individual by name, but Bangladesh has already issued an arrest warrant for 77-year-old Hasina — last seen arriving in India after fleeing by helicopter as crowds stormed her palace.
Hasina's 15-year rule saw widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killings of her political opponents.
Red notices issued by the global police body alert law enforcement agencies worldwide about fugitives.
Nazrul said they would request a red notice "as soon as possible".
India is a member of Interpol, but the red notice does not mean New Delhi must hand Hasina over.
Member countries can "apply their own laws in deciding whether to arrest a person", according to the group, which organises police cooperation between 196 member countries.
Hasina has been summoned to appear in court in Dhaka on November 18 to face charges of "massacres, killings, and crimes against humanity".
Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), told AFP that the court had "sought arrest warrants for more than 60 individuals", and that "so far, around 25 have been arrested".
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