Dhaka complained of security lapses
Dhaka has complained to New Delhi about security lapses during President Abdul Hamid's visit to India in last December for talks to strengthen bilateral ties.
During the visit, the president was taken to the Taj Mahal in a regular battery-operated public vehicle, locally called "Golf Cart", instead of a private vehicle usually used for VIPs and VVIPs while visiting Agra.
Bangladesh foreign ministry has also told the Indian central government that the five-star hotel in which the president stayed in Agra had a faulty lift, reported Times of India.
During Hamid's visit to Rajasthan, no appropriate arrangements were made to control the crowd at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the Indian Union Home Ministry has been told.
Agra police are probing the matter and will submit a report to UP security agencies. The findings will then be forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which has shot off letters to chief secretaries of UP and Rajasthan, advising the Agra district administration on how to "secure" VVIPs during such visits in future.
Pranav Vishwas, MHA under secretary, in his letters to chief secretaries of UP and Rajasthan, said, "I'm directed to say that it has been brought to the notice of the Union home ministry by central security agencies that Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid paid an official visit to India (Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Kolkata and Santiniketan) from December 18 to 23, 2014. His visit passed off peacefully without any incident. However some security lapses were noticed.... Under-Secretary Babu Lal of the UP government has directed UP DGP (security) to check on the security lapses that occurred during the Bangladesh president's visit and submit a detailed report, so appropriate action can be taken."
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