Joy visits India to meet Hasina

INTERNATIONAL DESK : Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s US-based son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, is in India to meet his mother, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, reports Hindustan Times.

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.

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.

‘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.