Bangladesh has asked India to stop ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from making “false and fabricated” comments while she is in the country, its foreign ministry said.
Bangladesh’s foreign ministry handed over a protest note to India’s acting high commissioner in Dhaka, conveying “deep concern, disappointment and serious reservation” over her comments, it said in a statement on its Facebook page.
“The ministry … requested … India to immediately take appropriate measures, in the spirit of mutual respect and understanding, to stop her from making such false, fabricated and incendiary statements … while she is in India,” it said.
The press office of the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, had said on Thursday that the attack on Rahman’s residence was a response to Hasina’s “violent behaviour”.
“The government hopes that India will not allow its territory to be used for destabilising purposes in Bangladesh and will not allow Sheikh Hasina to speak,” it said.
Although India did not comment on the communication received from Bangladesh, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal condemned the destruction of Rahman’s home as an “act of vandalism”.
