'Don’t be surprised if Modi kills Hasina,' Badruddin Umar said in ICT testimony

In a written statement to the International Crimes Tribunal before his death, Marxist thinker Badruddin Umar had warned that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, ousted in the July Uprising and now in India, could face assassination at the hands of the Indian government. The tribunal released his testimony following his death on Sunday. In his statement, Badruddin said that even with India’s help in carrying out some “subversive activities”, the Awami League’s revival as a national political force was "impossible". He described Hasina’s government as one entirely aligned with Indian interests, in contrast to her father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, whom he characterised as more independent-minded despite his pro-India stance. “Under these circumstances, banning the Awami League is not just...