DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pawan Badhe and expressed its displeasure after Prime Minister’s Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs Dr Zahed Ur Rahman was stopped by Indian immigration authorities at Delhi airport on Sunday.

Though he was later allowed to proceed, Zahed chose to fly back home.

Ishrat Jahan, director general (South Asia wing) of the foreign ministry, summoned Badhe in the afternoon and handed him a diplomatic note conveying Dhaka’s displeasure.

Contacted last night, Zahed declined to comment on the matter.

Sources from the Prime Minister’s

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