Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s son visits India to meet her

The Indian side is yet to respond to a request from Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to extradite Hasina

Updated on: Jun 11, 2025, 01:11:54 IST

By Rezaul H Laskar

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New Delhi: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s US-based son, Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed, is in India to meet his mother, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Sheikh Hasina, the newly elected Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of Bangladesh Awami League, speaks during a meeting with foreign observers and journalists in Dhaka,on January 8, 2024. (REUTERS)

Wazed, who has emerged as a key voice for the Awami League party, arrived in the country ahead of Eid-ul-Adha in order to celebrate the festival with his mother, currently living in self-exile in New Delhi, the people said on condition of anonymity.

Hasina fled to India after the dramatic collapse of the Awami League government in the face of nationwide protests led by student groups last August. She is currently living in a safe house in the heart of the Indian capital.

There was no word from Indian officials on the visit by Wazed, an American citizen who is also known by his nickname of Joy.

“Hasina’s son is visiting India primarily to celebrate Eid with his mother. He is the first visitor she has received since she arrived in India in August last year,” a person close to the Awami League said.

The people said there are currently no plans for Wazed to participate in any public events. Details of his itinerary too are not known, they said.

The Indian side is yet to respond to a request from Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to extradite Hasina, who is facing charges in multiple criminal cases registered against her. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal indicted Hasina earlier this month for ordering a police crackdown on protestors last year, and directed authorities to present her before the panel on June 16.

Relations between the Indian government and Bangladesh’s caretaker administration are currently at an all-time low and the two sides have clashed on Dhaka’s handling of the repression on Bangladesh’s religious minorities.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rezaul H Laskar
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.Read More

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