A defiant Sheikh Hasina Wednesday said she was not scared of being arrested on her return from India in Dec, drawing a sharp reaction from Dhaka that called her an “absconding convicted genocider”.

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she plans to return from exile in India in December despite facing a death sentence in Bangladesh.

She reiterated her intention to return to Dhaka towards this year-end and claimed that her objective was not power but to help restore democracy and development. Speaking at a…