The Bangladesh mission in Agartala of India is going to resume visa and consular services today on a limited scale amid enhanced security over two months after an attack on its premises by a group of Indian protesters during a violent demonstration in the capital of Tripura state.
Mission officials have informed Dhaka that they have taken all preparations to resume services from today as the Indian authorities have already heightened security arrangements at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, said officials concerned.
On December 3, 2024, the Bangladesh mission in Agartala was closed on security ground a day after it was vandalised in the attack on its premises.
The violent demonstration and attack reportedly by a group of protesters of the Hindu Sangharsh Samity on the premises of the assistant high commission of Bangladesh in Agartala drew widespread condemnations and protests here in Bangladesh.
Following the incident, all visa and consular services at the mission were suspended until further notice.
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma was summoned by the foreign ministry in Dhaka over the 鈥榟einous attack鈥� on its mission in Agartala on the following day.
In the presence of the members of the local law enforcement agencies, the Indian protesters on December 2 vandalised the flag pole, desecrated the national flag of Bangladesh and also damaged properties inside the assistant high commission, according to the foreign ministry officials in Dhaka.
Tripura at that time was witnessing widespread protests over the arrest and detention of a Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in Chattogram on November 25.
All the employees of the mission office were left with insecurity after the protesters had damaged properties inside the office and desecrated Bangladesh鈥檚 national flag, according to foreign ministry officials in Dhaka.
The Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi maintains diplomatic representative offices in the Indian cities of Agartala, Chennai, Mumbai, Guwahati and Kolkata.
