Bangladesh has conveyed its "deep disappointment" to India after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs, Zahed Ur Rahman, was stopped at New Delhi Airport before eventually being granted clearance to enter the country. However, Zahed chose not to enter India and instead returned to Dhaka via Colombo, according to Bangladeshi media reports.
Dhaka has now summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Pawan Badhe over the incident, while Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman termed the episode "unexpected" and "unfortunate", according to Bangladesh's state-owned news agency, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
The adviser had travelled to India to attend the 28th Meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Indian Ocean Rim Association, scheduled to be hosted by India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on June 15 and 16.
An India Today report said that Zahed, Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs, was on a watchlist in India and was travelling on an ordinary, and not a diplomatic, passport.
