New Delhi has responded to the queries made by Dhaka over the blast in Bardhaman that shocked the Indian administration over alleged links of Indian politicians with anti-Bangladesh activities.
“We asked them for information, and they responded,” Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque told the Dhaka Tribune. “They shared some information with us. The whole matter is unclear to them as well.”
Bangladesh sent a note verbale to India on October 8 seeking information over the Bardhaman blast as allegations of the incident having links with anti-Bangladesh components surfaced.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali had an hour-long meeting with Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran and discussed the issue yesterday afternoon.
After the meeting, Pankaj declined to talk when approached by reporters.
The foreign secretary quoted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as saying both governments were exchanging information and working on the issue.
On October 8, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said Dhaka had sought information from New Delhi about the bomb explosion on October 2, in the West Bengal district.
The explosion took place at a house in Khagragarh area in Bardhaman, killing two persons, Shakeel Ahmad and Sovon Mondol, on the spot.
Dhaka asked for information because it was primarily assumed that one or more of those involved might be Bangladeshi citizens and were identified as members of JMB.
In an interview with an Indian newspaper, Hasina warned against patronising terrorism and anti-Bangladesh activities in the neighbouring country.
A recent development in the investigation of Saradha scam unearthed that an Indian politician funded Bangladesh Jamaat to create instability in here.