India slams reports of security breach at Dhaka Mission

Media reports claimed protestors tried to breach security. PIC/PTI

India on Sunday trashed as "misleading propaganda" media reports in Bangladesh that a demonstration outside Bangladesh's mission in New Delhi against the killing of a Hindu man in that country attempted to create a security situation. Certain reports in Bangladeshi media claimed that the youths protesting outside the Bangladesh High Commission tried to breach the security of the premises.

There was "no attempt to breach the fence or create a security situation at any time", the ministry said, adding the police dispersed the group after a few minutes and visual evidence of these events is publicly available. "We have noted misleading propaganda in sections of the Bangladesh media on the incident," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

"The fact is that about 20-25 youths gathered in front of the Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi on December 20 and raised slogans in protest against the horrendous killing of Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh, while also calling for the protection of all minorities in Bangladesh," he said. Jaiswal said there was "no attempt to breach the fence or create a security situation" at any time.

India suspends visa ops

India on Sunday suspended visa operations at the Indian Visa Application Centre in Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chattogram until further notice in the wake of heightened tensions following the death of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, local media reported. The decision came into effect on Sunday following a recent security incident at the AHCI in Chittagong.

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