India summons Bangladesh envoy to MEA amid growing tensions

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 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 following violent anti-India protests in several parts of Bangladesh.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the envoy was alerted to the activities of "certain extremist elements" who have announced plans to create security challenges around the Indian mission.

The MEA also stated that India "rejects the false narrative being propagated by extremist elements" in connection with recent developments in Bangladesh.

It added that the interim government has so far neither carried out a comprehensive investigation nor shared credible evidence with India regarding the incidents, without specifying further details.

Meanwhile, India deployed 15,000 security forces in front of the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.