Indian envoy to Bangladesh visits Ramakrishna Mission after threat

Indian envoy to Bangladesh visits Ramakrishna Mission after threat

PTIUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 02:46 PM IST
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Dhaka: The Indian envoy in Bangladesh visited the Ramakrishna Mission here, days after the government took up with Bangladeshi authorities the death threat to the principal of the spiritual mission by suspected militants claiming to be ISIS followers, reports PTI.

India’s High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla visited Ramkrishna Mission compound, four days after unidentified militants claiming to be followers of the Islamic State (ISIS) issued a death threat to its principal asking him to abstain from preaching his religion in “Islamic Bangladesh”.

“Being the close door neighbour, we just can offer our fullest support for whatever steps are taken here (in Bangladesh to combat militancy),” Shringla told reporters at the mission.

He expressed satisfaction over the stepped up security arrangements for the Hindu spiritual mission in Dhaka.

“High Commissioner paid respects to Swami Dhruveshananda, Adhyaksha, RKM Dhaka and took a tour of premises,” the Indian Embassy here tweeted.

Ramakrishna Mission was established in Bangladesh in 1898. India had taken up with Bangladeshi authorities the death threat to the priest of the Ramakrishna Mission. A high commission official had also visited the mission last week after the threat was issued.

A militant on June 15 had sent a letter addressed to Ramakrishna Mission principal on an ISIS letterhead carrying a fake address in Gazipur on the outskirts of the capital and had identified himself only as A B Siddique.

“Bangladesh is an Islamic state. You can’t preach your religion here. If you continue preaching, you’ll be hacked to death with machetes between the 20th and 30th,” the letter was quoted as saying without mentioning a month.

A priest of the mission earlier had said that an unidentified youth two weeks ago had visited the principal’s office without citing any reason.

“We could grab a picture of the youth with a suspicious attitude. We provided the copy of the photo to police for investigation after receiving the threat,” the priest said. Police said they have enforced a round the clock vigil with uniformed and plain-clothes officers in and around the mission since the complaint was lodged. Also, no unknown person is being allowed inside without approval of the mission officials.

Last week a Hindu lecturer survived an assassination attempt when suspected Islamists barged into his home and hacked him with lethal weapons, critically injuring him in Madaripur in Bangladesh.

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