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Protests erupt across Bangladesh after mission attack in India's Agartala
Staff Correspondent 04 December, 2024, 00:28

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Students bring out a torch procession, protesting at the attack on Bangladesh assistant high commission in Agartala of India and the remarks of West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on Dhaka University campus on Tuesday. | Focus Bangla photo

Protests over the attack on Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala of India continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in Dhaka as elsewhere in the country.

Socio-political organisations, including, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Islami Andolan, Khelafat Majlis, Jatiya Nagarik Committee, Gana Odhikar Parishad faction in Dhaka rallied in protest at the attack by Indian protesters who stormed into Bangladesh mission in Agartala and vandalised properties there on Monday.

Amid the growing tension, the Border Guard Bangladesh in a press release said that the paramilitary force was prepared and alerted to prevent any unwanted situations along the borders.

The Bangladesh government, meanwhile, has tightened security around the Indian High Commission in Dhaka and its other missions in other places, including Chattogram and Rajshahi amid overnight protests following Monday’s attack on Bangladesh mission in Tripura’s capital Agartala.

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Bangladesh Army members stand guard to avoid unwanted situation on the road adjacent to the Indian high commission, following Monday’s attack on Bangladesh mission in Agartala of India, at Shahjadpur in the capital on Tuesday. — Md Saurav

A huge number of law enforcers, including the Bangladesh Army members, were seen deployed along the road near the Indian High Commission in the Bashtala area at Shahjadpur in the capital as representatives under the banner of Bangladesh Society called a protest rally in front of the Indian mission.

‘No programme has been held near Indian High Commission in Dhaka today. We have tightened security, especially during daytime and security will also be ensured even at night until the issuance of further notice,’ Dhaka Metropalitan Police Gulshan Division deputy commissioner Mohammad Tareq Mahmud told New Age.

He said that they would not allow any anarchy such as setting fire to the Indian flag and vandalism.

‘Anyone can hold peaceful protest,’ the police official added.

In the Dhaka city, the BNP brought out a protest procession and held a rally protesting at the attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala, tearing of the Bangladeshi flag, and the aggression of Delhi.

Addressing a rally in front of its central party office in the capital’s Naya Paltan area on Tuesday afternoon, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that India’s prime minister Narendra Modi was conspiring to repatriate the fallen dictator, Sheikh Hasina.

‘After Sheikh Hasina was expelled, the people of this country were happy. They are now able to move freely. Conspiracy continued in Delhi,’ he said.

‘They [India] attacked our Deputy High Commission in Agartala, they tore the flag. Attacking a guest in one’s own home is called cowardice,’ he said.

Before the rally, a procession led by BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was brought out from in the front of the central office and paraded roads near Nightingale crossing and the party office.

Strongly condemning the attack on the High Commission and tearing down the flag, the BNP leader said that no one could take away the country’s freedom, sovereignty and flag.

Democratic Students’ Alliance, a platform of student wings of left leaning political parties, brought out a torch procession on the Dhaka University campus protesting at the attack and West Bengal’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks.

The students also demanded disclosure and cancellation of all unequal contracts with India.

Progressive students of Jahangirnagar University including Socialist Students’ Front, Bangladesh Chhatra Union, Jahangirnagar Cultural Alliance brought out a torch procession on the campus protesting at the attack on the Bangladesh mission and assaulting the national flag, New Age correspondent at JU reported.

Members of the Islami Andolon Bangladesh held a protest outside the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka condemning the attack on the Bangladesh mission in Agartala and denouncing ‘anti-Bangladesh provocations’ by India, United News of Bangladesh reported.

‘Authorities must investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to book quickly,’ Yunus Ahmad, IAB general secretary said.

He said that they had received reports of Bangladeshis being persecuted at the border.

Khelafat Majlis brought out a protest possession in front of the National Press Club and marched through Paltan crossing and ended on the Bijoynagar road.

Gono Odhikar Parishad faction at a protest rally in Dhaka city said that India should offer public apology over attacking Bangladesh mission in Agartala.

Amar Bangladesh Party held a rally and brought out a procession from its Bijoynagar office and paraded different roads in Kakrail and Paltan areas.

The Jatiya Nagarik Committee, a platform of youths, who were at the forefront during the student-led mass uprising that overthrew the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, held a rally in front of the Bangladesh National Museum on Tuesday afternoon. Speakers claimed the attack was on the Bangladesh’s sovereignty and a conspiracy to destroy communal harmony in the country.

The platform convener, Muhammad Nasiruddin Patwary, said that the attack on the mission went against the international treaty, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.

Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee also raised voice expressing deep concern over the issue in a meeting, presided over by its member and former Jahangirnagar University professor Anu Muhammad.

Given the security situation, all visas and consular services at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala will remain suspend until further notice, Bangladesh mission in Agartala said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Indian authorities have arrested seven people and suspended four police officers for their alleged involvement in the attack on Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, reports hindustantimes.com.

BNP Chattogram city unit staged a protest rally and brought out a procession condemning the attack and vandalism, New Age Staff Correspondent in Chattogram reported.

Security around the Assistant High Commission of India in Rajshahi was stepped up on Tuesday amid protests by the BNP and its affiliated bodies in the city, New Age Staff Correspondent in Rajshahi reported.

Earlier on Monday night, Rajshahi University students also brought out a procession and held a short rally on the university campus.

In Sylhet, BNP protested at the attack on Bangladesh in Agartala bringing out a procession from the Central Shaheed Minar at Chowhatta in the city for half an hour.

New Age correspondent in Jashore reported that the Student Movement Against Discrimination staged demonstrations in Jashore town protesting at the attack.

In Barishal, students of various educational institutions and different political parties brought out protest processions and rallies over the attack and vandalism at Agartala in India by extremists Hindus, New Age correspondent in the district reported.

BNP district unit in Noakhali held a protest rally and brought out a procession in the Maijdee area condemning the attack, reported New Age Correspondent in Noakhali.

Feni district unit of Khelafat Majlis held a rally and human chain in the Feni Trunk Road area protesting at the attack.

Students in Rangpur also protested over the attack.

On Monday night, the Student Movement Against Discrimination held a protest rally outside the Indian Assistant High Commission in Khulna.​
 

We can’t reduce multifaceted relationship to one issue: Indian envoy
Diplomatic Correspondent
Dhaka
Published: 03 Dec 2024, 18: 10

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Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma was summoned by the foreign ministry. He enters the ministry on Tuesday. Prothom Alo

The Indian high-commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, has laid emphasis on taking forward the multifaceted relationship with Bangladesh, instead of reducing it to any particular issue.

“This is something that we keep talking… quite ranging and multifaceted relationship. We can’t reduce it to one issue or one agenda,” he said while appearing at the foreign ministry in response to a call on Tuesday.

The foreign ministry summoned the Indian high commissioner against the backdrop of a violent attack at the assistant high commission of Bangladesh at Agartala in India on the previous day. He appeared at the ministry around 4:00 pm.

In this regard, Pranay Verma said, “We really want to build a constructive and stable relationship. There are so many things. There is interdependence. And we want to build on that interdependency for our mutual benefit. We will keep ensuring our cooperation to benefit our two countries. There is a lot of positive development.”

Meanwhile, the interim government has halted consular services at the vandalised assistant high commission in Agartala.

On Monday, the Bangladesh assistant high commission in Agartala of northeast state of Tripura came under attack.

In an immediate reaction, the foreign ministry issued a statement and noted that the government deeply resents the violent demonstration and attack by a large group of protesters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity of Agartala on the premises of the Assistant High Commission of Bangladesh in Agartala.

The accounts conclusively attest that the protesters were allowed to aggress into the premises, by breaking down the main gate of Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in a pre-planned manner.

The statement further noted that in the presence of the members of the local law enforcement agencies, they vandalised the flag pole, desecrated the national flag of Bangladesh and also damaged properties inside the Assistant High Commission.

Regrettably, the local police persons present in charge of protecting the premises were found not to be active in containing the situation from the beginning. All members of the assistant high commission were left with a deep sense of insecurity, it added.

The statement also underlined that this heinous attack on a diplomatic mission of Bangladesh and desecration of the national flag of Bangladesh comes in a pattern, further to a similar violent demonstration in Kolkata on 28 November 2024.​
 

Attack on Bangladesh mission in India pre-planned: Mirza Fakhrul
Staff Correspondent
Dhaka
Updated: 03 Dec 2024, 23: 11

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Mirza Fakhrul Islam AlamgirFile photo

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has termed the attack on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala of Tripura ‘pre-planned.’

He told the government and the people of India, “The use of hate towards Bangladesh as part of your internal politics will create tension on the bilateral relations of both countries in the long run.”

He alerted on this issue and hoped Indian people would be respectful to the desire of the citizens of new Bangladesh.

He made the remarks in a statement sent to media on Tuesday. Mirza Fakhrul also condemned the attack of the rowdy mob on the diplomatic facility in Agartala.

The BNP leader said, “It can be assumed that the attack carried out by the members of ‘Hindu Sangharsh Samity’ on the Assistant High Commission premises was pre-planned. The torching of the national flag and vandalising of the properties at the high commission clearly violate the Vienna Convention”

Mirza Fakhrul hoped India would extradite the fascist Awami League’s leaders currently staying in the country to assist in their trial.

The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in India’s Agartala came under attack by a large group of protesters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity of Agartala on its premises on Monday on the allegation of torture on the Hindu community in Bangladesh.​
 

Seek UN Peacekeeping help for Agartala mission security: Rizvi urges govt
BNP stages protest march in response to attack on assistant high commission

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Photo: Palash Khan

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed today urged the interim government to seek assistance from United Nations Peacekeeping to ensure security of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala.

"India's law enforcement agencies have failed to provide security to our High Commission. Officials and employees of the Bangladesh mission are feeling insecure," Rizvi said during a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan office.

He also said, "In this situation, the interim government should seek help from UN peacekeeping forces."

Rizvi also alleged that certain extremist religious groups, "instigated by India's BJP", were attempting to create instability in Bangladesh.

He said, "It is unfortunate that these small extremist groups are trying to disrupt peace. We urge the interim government to control these extremists."

However, he urged the Indian leaders to focus on their internal affairs.

"We urge Modi [Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi] and Mamata [West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee] to manage their own issues. Here in Bangladesh, all communities live in peace," he added.

Bangladesh has no hostility toward India's general people, he added.

"As neighbours, we extend the hand of friendship, but if hostility is shown, the people of Bangladesh will not accept it," he said.

He further said, "Anyone who feels insecure should inform the government, and the government will take appropriate measures."

The BNP leader also appealed to international human rights organisations to investigate alleged minority persecution in Indian states.

"We urge them to probe these incidents and take strict action against the perpetrators," he said.

After the press conference, the leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated organisations staged a protest march in response to the recent attack on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission at Agartala.

The march, which began around 1:00pm from the party's office in Nayapaltan, witnessed a large turnout of BNP supporters.​
 

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