Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Parag Jain Leads Security Delegation's Dhaka Visit Amid India-Bangladesh Tensions
India sent four important people who work with secrets and safety to Bangladesh.
The leader of these people is named Parag Jain.
They went to meet someone who helps Bangladesh's leader.
Bangladesh asked India to send them for an official visit.
Lately, India and Bangladesh are not very happy with each other.
Bangladesh's old leader, Sheikh Hasina, left Bangladesh and now lives in India.
She talked to news reporters from India, and Bangladesh did not like that.
Bangladesh said some very angry words about her, calling her a "genocider".
India said it was not part of the event.
The two countries are trying to talk to each other to get along.
R&AW Secretary Parag Jain led a four-member Indian security and intelligence delegation on an official visit to Dhaka.
The delegation met Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's Defence Affairs Adviser, Brig Gen (Retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam, on Monday.
The visit was made at the invitation of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), Bangladesh's principal military intelligence agency.
The delegation arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:56 pm on August 9.
Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry expressed "outrage" over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press conference from India, while India distanced itself from the event.
- Who
- R&AW Secretary Parag Jain and three other Indian officials, who met Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's Defence Affairs Adviser, Brig Gen (Retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam.
- What
- A four-member Indian security and intelligence delegation held official talks in Dhaka amid India-Bangladesh tensions over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's press conference from India.
- When
- The delegation arrived on August 9; the meeting in Dhaka took place on Monday.
- Where
- Dhaka, Bangladesh; the delegation landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
- Why
- The visit followed Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry expressing "outrage" over Sheikh Hasina's virtual press conference from exile in India; India distanced itself from the event.
Bangladesh's Perspective
India's Stance
Sheikh Hasina's press conference from India
Bangladesh's Perspective
Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry expressed "outrage" over the event, calling Hasina a "genocider" and her former government a "mafia enterprise".
India's Stance
India distanced itself from the event and did not associate itself with Hasina's remarks.
- Delegation size
- Four members
- Indian lead delegate
- Parag Jain, R&AW Secretary
- Bangladeshi counterpart
- Brig Gen (Retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam, Defence Affairs Adviser to PM Tarique Rahman
- Arrival
- Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, 2:56 pm, August 9
- Inviting agency
- Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)
- Other delegation members
- Ashwin Mukund Kotnis, Rahul Negi, Shaibal Roy Chowdhury
- Tension trigger
- Bangladesh Foreign Ministry 'outrage' over Sheikh Hasina's press conference from India