Amid growing tensions between Dhaka and Delhi, India on Tuesday summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah.
This development came hours after the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned his Indian counterpart High Commissioner Pranay Verma to express Dhaka’s ‘grave concern’ over a series of incidents in India targeting Bangladeshi diplomatic missions.
This is the second time the envoys to India and Bangladesh were summoned amid tense ties between the two countries.
Meanwhile, India deployed 15,000 security forces in front of the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, a diplomatic source told UNB.
It was not immediately known what message was conveyed to him, but there were speculations that the Bangladesh High Commissioner might be summoned as a countermeasure.
