{"id":26709,"date":"2025-12-21T17:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/india-suspends-visa-operations-in-chattogram-after-unrest-over-sharif-osman-hadis-death-and-attacks-on-indian-mission-in-bangladesh\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T17:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:35:39","slug":"india-suspends-visa-operations-in-chattogram-after-unrest-over-sharif-osman-hadis-death-and-attacks-on-indian-mission-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/india-suspends-visa-operations-in-chattogram-after-unrest-over-sharif-osman-hadis-death-and-attacks-on-indian-mission-in-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"India Suspends Visa Operations in Chattogram After Unrest Over Sharif Osman Hadi’s Death and Attacks on Indian Mission in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"


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India on December 21 suspended visa operations at its mission in Bangladeshi port city of Chattogram until further notice, according to media reports.\u00a0The move comes in the wake of a fresh wave of unrest witnessed in the country following the death of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi.<\/p>\n

His death triggered attacks and vandalism across Bangladesh, including stone-hurling at the Assistant Indian High Commissioner’s residence in Chattogram on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hadi, a prominent leader of the student-led protests last year that led to the ouster of the prime minister Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, was a candidate for the scheduled February 12 general elections.
He was shot in the head on December 12 by masked gunmen at an election campaign in central Dhaka\u2019s Bijoynagar area and died while undergoing treatment in Singapore on December 18.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDue to the recent security incident at Assistant High Commission of India (AHCI) Chittagong, Indian visa operations at IVAC Chittagong (Chattogram) will remain suspended from 21\/12\/2025 until further notice,\u201d the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n

The announcement for reopening the visa centre will be made after reviewing the situation, the statement added. The decision came into effect on Sunday.<\/p>\n

There are five IVAC facilities across Bangladesh at Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Chattogram and Sylhet. An IVAC official told PTI that the other four offices have remained operational as of Sunday.<\/p>\n

India on Thursday resumed operations at its visa application centre in Dhaka, a day after closing it over escalated security concerns, but closed for a brief period two other identical facilities in Rajshahi and Khulna as anti-India protestors tried to march towards the Indian missions there.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, security was strengthened at the Indian Assistant High Commission office and the visa application centre in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city.<\/p>\n

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The enhanced security measures were put in place to ensure that \u201cno third party can exploit the situation,\u201d Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of the Sylhet Metropolitan Police Saiful Islam was quoted as saying by The Dhaka Tribune newspaper on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Hadi, 32, was laid to rest on Saturday amid extra-tight security beside the grave of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam near the Dhaka University mosque.<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral prayers, and ahead of the ritual, chanted anti-India slogans like \u201cDelhi or Dhaka \u2013 Dhaka, Dhaka\u201d and \u201cbrother Hadi\u2019s blood will not be allowed to go in vain.\u201d Earlier on December 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) summoned Bangladesh envoy Riaz Hamidullah and conveyed its strong concern over certain extremist elements announcing plans to create a security situation around the Indian mission in Dhaka.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect the interim government to ensure the safety of Missions and Posts in Bangladesh in keeping with its diplomatic obligations,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The envoy was apprised of India’s strong concerns about the deteriorating security environment in Bangladesh, it added.<\/p>\n

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(Edited by : Jerome Anthony)<\/span><\/p>\n

First Published:\u00a0Dec 21, 2025 9:06 PM IST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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