The Foreign Ministry has recalled a Bangladeshi diplomat based at the deputy high commission in Kolkata after he was found to be allegedly involved in a sex scandal.
"A video was sent to our official Facebook account through Messenger a few days ago. We came to know from the video that the diplomat was involved in an obscene chat with a woman," Toufique Hasan, Bangladesh deputy high commissioner in Kolkata, told Dhaka Tribune on Sunday.
After a preliminary inquiry, the diplomat was brought back to Dhaka.
"This is a very sensitive issue. The official was sent back to Dhaka within 24 hours after it was reported by a newspaper," Hasan said.
The diplomat left India and entered Bangladesh through the Benapole border on January 19, according to media reports.
Citing sources in the Kolkata mission, the New Indian Express reported that on January 16 the woman accessed the Facebook page of the high commission and shared the WhatsApp chats and videos of the diplomat.
“She sent the evidence through Messenger of the Facebook page,” it quoted an official at the deputy high commission saying.
He said the issue was brought to the notice of Hasan, who immediately communicated the matter to the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka.
“Our headquarters informed the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka. The PMO took the matter seriously as the issue was very sensitive and asked the ministry to withdraw him immediately,” the official said.
The diplomat, he said, refuted the allegation, claiming the video was “superimposed".
