The home minister notes the government managed to dispatch all required legal documents within three days of a 30-day window
June 26, 2026
Staff Correspondent
bdnews24.com
The United Arab Emirates has yet to respond to Bangladesh's request to extradite former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, Home Affairs Advisor Salahuddin Ahmed said.
The minister said the necessary documents had been sent through the foreign ministry and handed to UAE authorities by the Bangladesh embassy, but no reply had come from the other side.
Formal extradition request must be sent within 30 days, says home minister
Nearly 144 pages of documents on the arrested former IGP have been translated into the recipient country's language, he says
Bangladesh’s much-discussed former inspector general of police, Benazir Ahmed, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates.
The papers include court orders, FIRs and identity records, all translated into Arabic as required by UAE authorities
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