India calls media reports of protest at Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi ‘misleading’, Dhaka says ‘regrettable’ | World News


Flames engulf the office of the Prothom Alo newspaper after it was torched by protesters in Dhaka. (AP)

Terming it “misleading propaganda”, India on Sunday rejected media reports that claimed there was an “attempt to breach the fence” of the Bangladesh High Commission residence in New Delhi on Saturday during demonstrations against the killing of a Hindu man in the neighbouring country.

Several media reports in Bangladesh claimed that a “security situation” was created amid demonstration outside Dhaka’s mission in Delhi, as the youths protesting tried to breach the security of the premises, PTI reported.

In a press release on Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs said that 20-25 youths gathered in front of the Bangladesh High Commission on Saturday and raised slogans against the killing of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh. The protesters also called for the protection of all minorities in Bangladesh and the police dispersed the protesters after a few minutes, the MEA said.

New Delhi urged the interim government of Bangladesh to bring justice against the perpetrators of the “barbaric killing” of Das. “Our officials remain in touch with Bangladesh authorities and have conveyed to them our strong concerns at the attacks on minorities,” the MEA statement added.

The MEA said “there was no attempt to breach the fence or create a security situation at any time,” adding that the “visual evidence of these events is available publicly for all to see”.

Bangladesh responds to High Commission incident in Delhi

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the incident at the Bangladesh High Commission residence in New Delhi on Saturday “unjustifiable” and “highly regrettable”. Dhaka said that it refuses to accept it as “misleading propaganda”.

In the statement, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry said: “The miscreants were allowed to carry out their activities right outside the perimeters of the High Commission, creating panic among the personnel inside the complex. The High Commission was not given advance information about this organized event.”

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Dhaka rejected India’s accusation of “attack on minorities” and characterised it as an, “attempt by Indian authorities to depict an isolated attack on a Bangladeshi citizen, who happens to belong to the Hindu community, as attacks on minorities.”




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