Bangladesh suspends visa services at three missions in India

Three key Bangladesh missions in India have temporarily suspended visa services on security grounds, said Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain yesterday.

“What I have done is that I have asked our three missions to keep their visa sections closed for the time being. It’s a security issue,” he told reporters at the foreign ministry in response to a question if Bangladesh missions in India have restricted tourist visas for Indians.

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Bangladesh missions halt services in Delhi, Agartala

Though he did not mention the names of the missions, according to diplomatic sources, they are the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, the Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, and the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala.

Meanwhile, visa services in the other two Deputy High Commissions in Chennai and Mumbai remain operational.

In recent weeks, there have been large-scale protests near Bangladesh missions in several Indian cities, with demonstrators citing alleged violence against minorities in Bangladesh.