Tensions between India and Bangladesh have flared up after an alarming incident near their shared border. On Monday, a Bangladeshi diplomatic mission in Agartala, a city in northeast India, came under attack by activists protesting the arrest of a Hindu monk in Bangladesh. The protesters, angered by what they see as the mistreatment of Hindus in Bangladesh, stormed the mission, leaving its staff feeling deeply unsafe.
The very next day, Dhaka summoned India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, to express its outrage over the incident. The Bangladeshi foreign ministry called the attack “unacceptable” and said it left mission staff with a “deep sense of insecurity.” Meanwhile, India’s Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement condemning the attack, calling it “deeply regrettable.”
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