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| Location | Agartala, Tripura |
| Date | 2 December 2024 |
| Attack type | Vandalism |
| Perpetrators | Hindu Sangharsh Samity |
On 2 December 2024, an attack took place at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura. The attackers were identified as members of Hindu Sangharsh Samity, a radical Hindu extremist group affiliated to the Vishva Hindu Parishad.
Events
Diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and India dramatically deteriorated after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, a strong ally of India, after a mass uprising in August 2024. As the Indian media began a disinformation campaign against Bangladesh, the Indian government repeatedly expressed concerns over what they perceive violent communal attacks on the Bangladeshi Hindus.
On 25 November 2024, Chinmoy Krishna Das, a spokesperson of Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Mancha was arrested on sedition charges, leading to widespread protests in India. Demanding the release of Das, on 27 November, Bharatiya Janata Party's West Bengal chief Suvendu Adhikari threatened to stage a blockade at the Bangladesh-India border on 2 December. On 29 November, members of the Hindu organization, Bongio Hindu Jagran, broke the police barricade and burned the National flag of Bangladesh and effigy of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus at the boundary of the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata, to which the Government of Bangladesh expressed official condemnation. In Assam's Karimganj District, around 40,000 members of the Sanatani Aikya Mancha, chanting Jai Shri Ram, attempted to cross the border with Bangladesh to "avenge alleged attacks on minority Hindus".
Hindu Sangharsh Samity were holding anti-Bangladeshi protests for several days in Agartala, the capital of the Northeast Indian state of Tripura which shares a border with Bangladesh. On 2 December, 2024, at around 2pm local time, members of the organization appeared at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala and entered its premises, chanting Jai Shri Ram. The attackers "took down the Bangladesh flag, set it on fire, and caused some vandalism inside the building".
Reactions
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh released an official statement expressing "deep resentment" and called the attack "pre-planned" which took place in the presence of the local law enforcement officials. The statement also noted that the attack was a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961. The Ministry also summoned the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka, Pranay Kumar Verma. Protests were held by different student organizations in Bangladesh, including Anti-discrimination Students Movement and Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, condemning the attack.
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