India summons Bangladesh high commissioner

Bangladesh’s high commissioner to New Delhi, M. Riaz Hamidullah, has been summoned by India’s Ministry of External Affairs. He was called in at the ministry on Wednesday afternoon.

Bangladeshi and Indian diplomatic sources confirmed this information to Prothom Alo.

For context, Indian high commissioner to Dhaka, Pranay Verma, had been summoned by Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs last Monday.

Two days after the summoning of India’s high commissioner in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s high commissioner in New Delhi has now been summoned.

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