New Delhi: Bangladesh on Monday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner over Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s aide being stopped at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport.
Dr Zahed Ur Rahman, the Bangladeh PM’s Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting, was stopped by immigration authorities at the IGI airport on Sunday evening when his name was reportedly flagged during a routine security check, Bangladeshi media reported. Granted clearance to enter the country a couple of hours later, Zahed chose to fly back to Bangladesh.
Dhaka conveyed its “deep disappointment” to Indian Deputy High Commissioner Pawan Badhe over the incident.
Bangladesh’s Foreign minister Khalilur Rahman termed the episode “unexpected” and “unfortunate”, according to Bangladesh’s state-run news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
The Foreign minister said that the government was taking appropriate steps regarding the matter.
“It is an unexpected incident, and unfortunate too,” he told reporters.
Indian authorities have not commented on the incident so far.
This is the first controversy involving India since the Tarique-helmed Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government assumed charge in February after winning the general election.
India and Bangladesh are trying to stabilise bilateral ties after relations between the two neighbours hit a low under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, following the ouster and resignation of Sheikh Hasina as PM.
