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Bangladesh-India ties under further strain
Several hundreds of Hindu protesters on Tuesday demonstrated before the Bangladesh missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Agartala along with other places in India hours after the Bangladesh foreign ministry in the morning summoned the Indian high commissioner...
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Bangladesh-India ties under further strain
Protests flare in India after Indian envoy summoned
Staff Correspondent 23 December, 2025, 16:10
Security personnel try to stop Vishva Hindu Parishad activists along with others during a protest march near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday. | AFP Photo
Several hundreds of Hindu protesters on Tuesday demonstrated before the Bangladesh missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Agartala along with other places in India hours after the Bangladesh foreign ministry in the morning summoned the Indian high commissioner amid escalating tension in bilateral relations over a series of recent incidents.
Holding saffron flags and shouting slogans against the lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh, hundreds of supporters of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal broke barricades and clashed with police near the fortified Bangladesh high commission in Delhi on Tuesday, Indian newspaper The Hindu reported in the afternoon.
Protesters forced several barricades down as police struggled to contain the surge protesting at the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, according to the reports available online.
The protesters raised slogans and held banners against the Bangladesh government. ‘Hindu rakt ki ek ek boond ka hisaab chahiye (You must be held accountable for each drop of blood of a Hindu),’ a placard read as reported by the local media.
Meanwhile, foreign secretary Asad Alam Siam conveyed Bangladesh’s grave concern to India summoning the Indian envoy, Pranay Verma, at the ministry at around 10:00am over incidents outside the Bangladesh high commission and diplomatic residences in New Delhi on December 20.
Concerns were also expressed over the acts of vandalism at the Bangladesh Visa Centre in Siliguri on 22 December, the ministry officials confirmed.
Amid growing tensions between Dhaka and Delhi, India on Tuesday, too, summoned Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah, which the United News of Bangladesh reported in the evening.
This is the second time the envoys to India and Bangladesh were summoned amid the tensions between the two countries following a series of incidents in the two neighbouring countries.
‘The foreign affairs ministry summoned the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma today to convey the Bangladesh government’s grave concern to the Government of India over the regrettable incidents outside the perimeter of the Bangladesh High Commission and residence in New Delhi on December 20 and the acts of vandalism at the Bangladesh Visa Centre in Siliguri on December 22 by different extremist elements,’ said foreign ministry spokesperson and public diplomacy wing director general SM Mahbubul Alam at a media briefing at the ministry, reading out a written statement.
He said that the visa services at Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi, Assistant high commission in Agartala and the visa centre in Siliguri of West Bengal remained suspended over security concerns.
‘Visa services would resume soon after the situation becomes normal,’ the official added, responding to a question.
The foreign ministry statement said that Bangladesh condemned such acts of premeditated violence or intimidation against diplomatic establishments, which not only endangered the safety of diplomatic personnel but also undermined the principles of mutual respect and values of peace and tolerance.
The government of Bangladesh called upon the government of India to conduct a thorough investigation into the incidents, to take all necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such acts and to ensure safety and security of Bangladesh’s diplomatic missions and related facilities in India.
Bangladesh expects India to immediately take appropriate steps in accordance with its international and diplomatic obligations to safeguard the dignity and security of diplomatic personnel and establishments, according to the statement.
A sea of banners and placards bobbed in the air, reading denunciatory messages against the Bangladesh government, The Hindu reported from New Delhi.
The area had been secured with three layers of barricading and more force from the police and paramilitary forces, the report mentioned.
On December 18, Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old garment factory worker, was lynched by a mob and his body was set afire over alleged blasphemy in Mymensingh.
Protesters in Dhaka and some other divisions also held anti-India protests near Indian missions recently following the death of Inquilab Mancha convener Sharif Osman Hadi, a critic of the ‘Indian hegemony’, from bullet injuries.
Massive protests were also held in Jammu and Kashmir to protest the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, NDTV reported.
Hundreds of protesters tried to march to the Bangladesh deputy high commission office in Kolkata, shouting slogans against alleged violence on minority Hindus in the neighbouring country.
The protest march titled ‘Hindu Hunkar Padayatra’ was organised under the banner of ‘Bangiya Hindu Jagaran’. The march started from Sealdah and was proceeding towards the Bangladesh deputy high commission office when it was stopped by the police in the Beckbagan area of Kolkata.
A huge police force was deployed near the Bangladesh deputy high commission office.
The protesters raised slogans ‘Hindu Hindu Bhai Bhai’, ‘safety for Hindus in Bangladesh’ and over the lynching of the Hindu youth in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh assistant high commission in Tripura capital Agartala has suspended all visa and consular services since Tuesday for an indefinite period due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’.
A series of incidents in the recent time dampened the bilateral relations between the two nations already strained since the interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus took over following the July uprising that forced the fall of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024.
Hasina fled to India on the day and has been staying there since.
The Indian Visa Application Centre in Bangladesh capital Dhaka was closed for hours from 2:00pm on December 17 amid a march towards the Indian high commission, which the police intercepted on its way to the high commission.
The Indian assistant high commission in Chattogram has also suspended its visa services for an indefinite period since Sunday, citing security concerns.
Around 20–25 activists held demonstrations near the Bangladesh mission in Delhi on December 20, chanting anti-Bangladesh slogans.
Bangladesh foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said that ‘normal security’ was not maintained at the Bangladesh mission in India while the high commissioner, who was staying there with his family, felt threatened.
Rejecting India’s press statement on Saturday’s demonstration before the Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi, he said that Bangladesh would rely on the host country for the security and expected that the incident in Delhi would not be repeated in the future.
About the lynching of the youth in Mymensingh, the Bangladesh foreign adviser said that the murder of an individual was not an issue of minority and it might happen anywhere.
The victim was a Bangladeshi citizen and the important thing was that prompt actions were under way in the case, he mentioned.
The government of Bangladesh has promptly apprehended the suspects in this incident, the foreign ministry release said.
In early December, 2024, a group of Indian protesters launched an attack on the Bangladesh mission in Tripura capital Agartala forcing authorities to shut it temporarily.
Protests flare in India after Indian envoy summoned
Staff Correspondent 23 December, 2025, 16:10
Security personnel try to stop Vishva Hindu Parishad activists along with others during a protest march near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday. | AFP Photo
Several hundreds of Hindu protesters on Tuesday demonstrated before the Bangladesh missions in New Delhi, Kolkata, and Agartala along with other places in India hours after the Bangladesh foreign ministry in the morning summoned the Indian high commissioner amid escalating tension in bilateral relations over a series of recent incidents.
Holding saffron flags and shouting slogans against the lynching of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh, hundreds of supporters of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal broke barricades and clashed with police near the fortified Bangladesh high commission in Delhi on Tuesday, Indian newspaper The Hindu reported in the afternoon.
Protesters forced several barricades down as police struggled to contain the surge protesting at the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, according to the reports available online.
The protesters raised slogans and held banners against the Bangladesh government. ‘Hindu rakt ki ek ek boond ka hisaab chahiye (You must be held accountable for each drop of blood of a Hindu),’ a placard read as reported by the local media.
Meanwhile, foreign secretary Asad Alam Siam conveyed Bangladesh’s grave concern to India summoning the Indian envoy, Pranay Verma, at the ministry at around 10:00am over incidents outside the Bangladesh high commission and diplomatic residences in New Delhi on December 20.
Concerns were also expressed over the acts of vandalism at the Bangladesh Visa Centre in Siliguri on 22 December, the ministry officials confirmed.
Amid growing tensions between Dhaka and Delhi, India on Tuesday, too, summoned Bangladesh high commissioner Riaz Hamidullah, which the United News of Bangladesh reported in the evening.
This is the second time the envoys to India and Bangladesh were summoned amid the tensions between the two countries following a series of incidents in the two neighbouring countries.
‘The foreign affairs ministry summoned the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma today to convey the Bangladesh government’s grave concern to the Government of India over the regrettable incidents outside the perimeter of the Bangladesh High Commission and residence in New Delhi on December 20 and the acts of vandalism at the Bangladesh Visa Centre in Siliguri on December 22 by different extremist elements,’ said foreign ministry spokesperson and public diplomacy wing director general SM Mahbubul Alam at a media briefing at the ministry, reading out a written statement.
He said that the visa services at Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi, Assistant high commission in Agartala and the visa centre in Siliguri of West Bengal remained suspended over security concerns.
‘Visa services would resume soon after the situation becomes normal,’ the official added, responding to a question.
The foreign ministry statement said that Bangladesh condemned such acts of premeditated violence or intimidation against diplomatic establishments, which not only endangered the safety of diplomatic personnel but also undermined the principles of mutual respect and values of peace and tolerance.
The government of Bangladesh called upon the government of India to conduct a thorough investigation into the incidents, to take all necessary measures to prevent the recurrence of such acts and to ensure safety and security of Bangladesh’s diplomatic missions and related facilities in India.
Bangladesh expects India to immediately take appropriate steps in accordance with its international and diplomatic obligations to safeguard the dignity and security of diplomatic personnel and establishments, according to the statement.
A sea of banners and placards bobbed in the air, reading denunciatory messages against the Bangladesh government, The Hindu reported from New Delhi.
The area had been secured with three layers of barricading and more force from the police and paramilitary forces, the report mentioned.
On December 18, Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old garment factory worker, was lynched by a mob and his body was set afire over alleged blasphemy in Mymensingh.
Protesters in Dhaka and some other divisions also held anti-India protests near Indian missions recently following the death of Inquilab Mancha convener Sharif Osman Hadi, a critic of the ‘Indian hegemony’, from bullet injuries.
Massive protests were also held in Jammu and Kashmir to protest the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, NDTV reported.
Hundreds of protesters tried to march to the Bangladesh deputy high commission office in Kolkata, shouting slogans against alleged violence on minority Hindus in the neighbouring country.
The protest march titled ‘Hindu Hunkar Padayatra’ was organised under the banner of ‘Bangiya Hindu Jagaran’. The march started from Sealdah and was proceeding towards the Bangladesh deputy high commission office when it was stopped by the police in the Beckbagan area of Kolkata.
A huge police force was deployed near the Bangladesh deputy high commission office.
The protesters raised slogans ‘Hindu Hindu Bhai Bhai’, ‘safety for Hindus in Bangladesh’ and over the lynching of the Hindu youth in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh assistant high commission in Tripura capital Agartala has suspended all visa and consular services since Tuesday for an indefinite period due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’.
A series of incidents in the recent time dampened the bilateral relations between the two nations already strained since the interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus took over following the July uprising that forced the fall of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024.
Hasina fled to India on the day and has been staying there since.
The Indian Visa Application Centre in Bangladesh capital Dhaka was closed for hours from 2:00pm on December 17 amid a march towards the Indian high commission, which the police intercepted on its way to the high commission.
The Indian assistant high commission in Chattogram has also suspended its visa services for an indefinite period since Sunday, citing security concerns.
Around 20–25 activists held demonstrations near the Bangladesh mission in Delhi on December 20, chanting anti-Bangladesh slogans.
Bangladesh foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Sunday said that ‘normal security’ was not maintained at the Bangladesh mission in India while the high commissioner, who was staying there with his family, felt threatened.
Rejecting India’s press statement on Saturday’s demonstration before the Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi, he said that Bangladesh would rely on the host country for the security and expected that the incident in Delhi would not be repeated in the future.
About the lynching of the youth in Mymensingh, the Bangladesh foreign adviser said that the murder of an individual was not an issue of minority and it might happen anywhere.
The victim was a Bangladeshi citizen and the important thing was that prompt actions were under way in the case, he mentioned.
The government of Bangladesh has promptly apprehended the suspects in this incident, the foreign ministry release said.
In early December, 2024, a group of Indian protesters launched an attack on the Bangladesh mission in Tripura capital Agartala forcing authorities to shut it temporarily.
