According to reliable reports, India has evacuated all non-essential employees from its embassies and consulates in Bangladesh, along with their families.
This action follows Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as prime minister of Bangladesh and her subsequent flight due to widespread protests over job quotas.
According to sources, the High Commission is still run by a small staff, and those that left to return to India did so voluntarily. Principal officials, such as the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka, continue to hold their positions in spite of the unrest.
Sources claim that commercial aircraft were used for the evacuation, and despite the disturbance in the area, the High Commission is still operational thanks to committed staff.
India operates assistant high commissioners or consulates in a number of additional cities, including Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, and Sylhet, in addition to the High Commission in the nation’s capital.
Protesters demanding Sheikh Hasina step down as prime minister of Bangladesh turned anti-government as the demonstrations against the nation’s quota system for families of independence fighters became more and more violent. After police used force to break up the gathering and put an end to the nationwide protests, about 300 people lost their lives.
Having held the position since 2009, Sheikh Hasina announced her resignation and left the nation on Monday when demonstrators broke into the Prime Minister’s mansion. On Monday night, Hasina’s aircraft touched down at an airbase close to Delhi.
The former prime minister spoke with Ajit Doval, the national security adviser. She is anticipated to depart for the UK, where she might apply for political asylum.
General Waker-Uz-Zaman, the head of Bangladesh’s army, announced Hasina’s resignation on national television and said the armed forces will establish a transitional administration.
The military of Bangladesh has assumed control of the security of Dhaka’s diplomatic district, which was previously under the jurisdiction of the police.
They are now in charge of guarding foreign missions’ and ambassadors’ homes in the Gulshan and Baridhara zones. A special Air India flight using an A321 Neo flew left from Delhi earlier on Wednesday without any passengers and returned from Dhaka with 199 adults and six infants.