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New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Adviser on Policy and Strategy Affairs Zahed ur Rahman returned to Dhaka on Monday (June 15) after declining to enter India following more than two-hour hold-up by immigration authorities at Delhi airport.

Rahman arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday (June 14) to attend the June 15-16 meeting of senior officials of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), where he was due to lead Bangladesh’s delegation.

Diplomatic sources said Bangladesh High Commissioner to India M. Riaz Hamidullah was present at the airport and identified Rahman to immigration authorities. Indian officials had also been informed in advance that he would be leading Bangladesh’s delegation, the sources added.

According to the sources, other members of the Bangladeshi delegation cleared immigration without difficulty while Rahman remained held up for more than two hours.

After waiting........

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