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The Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met in New Delhi and took stock of the situation in Bangladesh. The meeting was attended by External Affairs Minister Dr S Jainshankar, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others.
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina landed near Delhi at 5:36 pm on Monday, not long after she resigned and flew out of the country along with her sister amid massive and deadly anti-government protests. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently chairing a cabinet meeting on the Bangladesh crisis while Hasina is at a safe house at the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad, where her flight landed.
National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met her at the airbase, and she discussed the crisis in Bangladesh and her future course of action with him.
Her departure from Bangladesh caps her 15-year rule and comes weeks after student protests left over 300 dead. Unrest continues in Bangladesh with many protesters storming the Parliament in Bangladesh following Hasina’s departure from the country.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the crisis in Bangladesh in Parliament House, sources told India Today TV. The Prime Minister is currently chairing a meeting on the Bangladesh crisis, in the presence of Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval. Meanwhile, unrest continues in Bangladesh with protesters storming the Parliament.
The BSF has issued a high alert along the India-Bangladesh border. Train services, both passenger and freight services going towards the Bangladesh border areas, have been suspended.
Protests in Bangladesh began peacefully in late June, as students sought an end to a quota system for government jobs, but turned violent after clashes between protesters and police and pro-government activists at Dhaka University. Attempts to quell the demonstrations prompted further outrage as nearly 300 people were killed and leading to demands for her resignation.