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Bangladesh to resume visa, consular services at Agartala mission from Feb 5 | Latest News India

Bangladesh to resume visa, consular services at Agartala mission from Feb 5 | Latest News India

Feb 05, 2025 10:41 PM IST First secretary Mohammad Al-Ameen said in a notice that the visa and consular services would resume from Thursday AGARTALA: The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala will resume visa and consular services from February 5, the mission announced on Wednesday. Agartala: Security personnel at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission after protests erupted in Tripura over alleged attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh on Dec 2. (PTI FIL PHOTO) “All visa and consular services at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala will resume on 05th February 2025. This is for intimation of all the visa and consular service seekers”, the mission’s first secretary Mohammad Al-Ameen said in a notice on Wednesday. The move comes two months after a group of people protesting the persecution of the Hindu minority in Bangladesh barged into the consulate in Agartala and vandalised it on December 2. Immediately after the incident, the mission suspended all consular services. In Dhaka, Bangladesh lodged strong protests over the violence, summoned Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma to the foreign …

Bangladesh mission in Agartala suspends consular services over security concerns | Latest News India

Bangladesh mission in Agartala suspends consular services over security concerns | Latest News India

The Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala has suspended all consular services till further notice, citing security reasons, after seven people were arrested on Tuesday for breaching the mission’s security barricades and damaging property a day earlier. Security personnel keep vigil amid heightened security at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission after protests erupted in Tripura over alleged attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh in Agartala. (PTI)(PTI) “Given the security situation, all visa and consular services at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission, Agartala will remain suspended until further notice. This comes into effect immediately. This is for intimation of all the Visa and Consular service seekers”, read a notice signed by First Secretary of Bangladesh Assistant High Commission, Mohammad Al-Ameen . A large number of activists from social organisations, under the aegis of Hindu Sangharsh Samiti, organised a protest near the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Agartala Circuit House on Monday, in front of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner’s office. Amidst the protest, a delegation comprising six protesters submitted a memorandum to the Assistant High Commissioner, when a …

Seven protesters detained after Bangladesh mission breach in Tripura, 3 cops suspended

Seven protesters detained after Bangladesh mission breach in Tripura, 3 cops suspended

The Tripura government today suspended three police officers, withdrew a senior officer from his post and detained seven people after the security breach at the Bangladesh diplomatic mission in Agartala stepped up the tension between New Delhi and Dhaka. About 50 people, who participated in a massive protest against the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Agartala yesterday, entered the premises of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission. This drew a sharp response from the interim government in the neighbouring country. Dhaka alleged that local police were “not found to be active in containing the situation”. It said the incident had left the mission staff with a “deep sense of insecurity” and called upon New Delhi to take “immediate action”. The Ministry of External Affairs responded that the incident in “deeply regrettable”. “Diplomatic and consular properties should not be targeted under any circumstances. Government is taking action to step up security arrangements for the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and their Deputy/Assistant High Commissions in the country,” a statement said. A top Tripura …