India summons Bangladesh High Commissioner amid tense ties, second time in a week

India on Tuesday summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah hours after Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry summoned his Indian counterpart Pranay Verma to express Dhaka’s “grave concern” over a series of incidents in India targeting Bangladeshi diplomatic missions.

This is the second time the Bangladeshi envoy to India, Hamidullah, was summoned by the Indian government amid tense ties between the two countries following violent anti-India protests in several parts of Bangladesh.

Earlier in the day, in a statement, the Bangladeshi foreign ministry said that Verma was apprised of Dhaka’s “grave concern” over incidents outside the Bangladesh High Commission and the High Commissioner’s residence in New Delhi on December 20, 2025, along with vandalism at its Visa Centre in Siliguri on December 22, which it attributed to “various extremist elements”.