Bangladeshi: Due to the bilateral crisis with India, the envoy was summoned back to Dhaka

Bangladeshi: According to Prothom Alo, which cited diplomatic sources, the interim administration of Bangladesh has invited its High Commissioner to India, M Riaz Hamidullah, back to Dhaka for talks in the midst of strained bilateral ties between the two nations.

After receiving an urgent summons from Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamidullah returned to Dhaka late Monday night, according to Prothom Alo, which cited sources with knowledge of the situation. Reviewing the current events impacting India-Bangladesh relations was the goal of the remembrance.

Prothom Alo was informed by sources at Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry that, in light of the increased tensions over the last two weeks, the High Commissioner was invited to return from Delhi to address the changing bilateral situation.

Reports of atrocities against minorities, especially Hindus, in Bangladesh have strained relations between the two neighbors.

In Bangladesh, where violence against minorities has escalated since the July Uprising in 2024, two Hindu teenagers were lynched to death in December.

Last week, a mob is accused of lynching 29-year-old Amrit Mondal in Kalimohar Union’s Hossaindanga neighborhood. At the same time, a coworker at his Mymensingh factory falsely accused 25-year-old Dipu Chandra Das of blasphemy, leading to his execution by mob lynching and subsequent hanging and burning on December 18.

India said it is keeping a close eye on the situation in the neighboring nation and expressed grave worries on Friday over the recurrent acts of violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh, particularly Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus.

Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), told reporters in New Delhi that the ongoing animosity against minority populations was troubling the Indian government.

“India is keeping a careful eye on events and has voiced serious concerns about the ongoing animosity against minorities, such as Christians, Buddhists, and Hindus. We condemn the horrific murder of a young Hindu man in Mymensingh and hope that those responsible will face justice,” Jaiswal said.

Putting the matter in a larger perspective, the MEA said that over 2,900 instances of violence against minorities have been documented while Bangladesh’s interim administration has been in power. These occurrences involve land grabs, arson, and murders.

“These incidents cannot be brushed aside as mere media exaggerations or dismissed as political violence,” a spokeswoman said.

India also denied allegations that an anti-India narrative was being spread and denounced what it called “unremitting hostility” against minorities in Bangladesh.

Hamidullah was called by the MEA earlier on December 17 to express New Delhi’s worries over the worsening security situation in Bangladesh.

Regarding recent events in Bangladesh, India has also denounced what it described as a false narrative propagated by extremist forces.

The MEA voiced worry about the interim government’s failure to carry out a comprehensive probe or provide India with significant evidence.

In keeping with its diplomatic duties, Delhi has also urged Bangladesh’s interim administration to guarantee the security and safety of Indian posts and missions there.