‘Our Relations Are Multi-Dimensional’: Summoned Indian Envoy Tells Bangladesh Interim Govt

Last Updated:December 03, 2024, 18:19 IST

The Bangladeshi external affairs ministry summoned Pranay Kumar Verma, India's high commissioner to Bangladesh, to protest the security breach of Agartala Assistant High Commission.

Activists from the Hindu community stage a protest over alleged atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, in Agartala. (IMAGE: PTI)

The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma on Tuesday told reporters that India and Bangladesh relations are multidimensional and that ‘there is no reason for Indo-Bangladesh ties to be stuck on one issue’ during his meeting with Bangladesh’s foreign ministry officials.

Verma was summoned following an incident of security breach during a protest at one of Bangladesh’s missions in Agartala, the capital city of Tripura, a state that shares a long border with Bangladesh.

Bangladesh external affairs ministry on Tuesday summoned him over the security breach incident at the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala.

In Agartala, the capital city of the northeastern state of Tripura in India bordering Bangladesh, thousands of people took out a massive demonstration near Dhaka’s mission on Monday against the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das as well as attacks on the Hindu community in Bangladesh.

The protesters reportedly barged into the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Kunjaban area and allegedly resorted to vandalism, an incident the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described as “deeply regrettable."

Verma visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday before 4pm. He was called to the office of Acting Foreign Secretary Md Riaz Hamidullah for discussions, the Bangladeshi news outlet Pratham Alo said.

Three sub-inspectors were suspended on Tuesday in action against the incident of breach of the premises of the Bangladesh consulate in Agartala by a group of people on December 2.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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