Overview
- India’s Foreign Ministry cited a deteriorating security environment and warned of extremist plans to create a security situation around the High Commission in Dhaka.
- Protesters under the July Oikya banner marched toward the Indian High Commission, and the Indian Visa Application Centre in Dhaka shut from 2 p.m. citing the security situation.
- New Delhi rejected what it called a false narrative about recent incidents and said the interim government had not conducted a thorough probe or shared meaningful evidence.
- Bangladesh had earlier summoned India’s envoy over what it called incendiary statements by Sheikh Hasina from Indian soil, with relations strained since her flight to India and sentencing in absentia.
- NCP leaders escalated anti-India rhetoric, including Hasnat Abdullah’s threat to shelter separatists and target India’s ‘Seven Sisters,’ as the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus prepares for the February 12 vote.