Overview
- Maj. Gen. Kaiser Rashid Chowdhury, newly appointed DGFI head, quietly visited New Delhi late last month during an NSCS security conclave held alongside the Raisina Dialogue.
- He met NSA Ajit Doval and DGMI Lt Gen R.S. Raman, and was hosted for dinner by R&AW chief Parag Jain, marking the first senior security engagements since the BNP government took office.
- People familiar with the talks said both sides agreed to reopen dormant channels and to prevent their territories being used by actors hostile to the other after prolonged strains.
- Dhaka kept the trip under wraps, with local reports describing it as a medical visit, reflecting the political sensitivity of reengagement.
- Days later, West Bengal police reported arresting Bangladeshis Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Hossain in the Sharif Osman Hadi case, with Bangladesh seeking consular access and sources cautioning against linking the arrests solely to the visit.