Bangladesh has completed the legal formalities required to seek the return of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India, with its law minister Asaduzzaman saying that the next step rests with New Delhi.“We have completed everything required from our side as part of the legal process. What they (India) will do is up to them,” the minister told reporters on Saturday, according to a report by Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo.The remarks came amid renewed speculation over Hasina’s possible return to Bangladesh, after she reportedly expressed her intention to go back in December. Bangladesh has been seeking her extradition from India under the two countries’ extradition treaty.Asked whether Hasina would be given a legal opportunity to return, Asaduzzaman said she would come back through legal means, adding that extradition under the treaty would itself constitute a legal process.“Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh through legal means. We have completed everything required from our side as part of the legal process,” he said.The minister was speaking to journalists after an event at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka.Hasina, who was ousted following the July 2024 mass uprising, was sentenced to death in a crimes against humanity case linked to the killings during the protests.The Bangladesh government has been asking India to hand her over under the prisoner transfer treaty. New Delhi has not yet responded to the extradition request.Referring to Article 47(3) of the 1973 law, Asaduzzaman said a person accused or convicted of crimes against humanity cannot claim fundamental rights.