Overview
- Indian officials said the step is precautionary and that the High Commission in Dhaka and assistant high commissions in Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet remain open and fully operational.
- The decision follows weeks of unrest after the December shooting and death of activist Sharif Osman Hadi, with protests near Indian missions and stone-pelting reported at the Chattogram post.
- India had earlier summoned Bangladesh’s high commissioner over threats to its missions as some consular services were briefly suspended and later restored.
- Bangladesh’s interim government reported 645 incidents involving minorities in 2025 and said most were non-communal, while India has continued to voice concern about attacks on Hindus.
- Bangladesh’s de facto foreign minister called the withdrawal of families an overreaction, but Indian officials defended it as a precaution ahead of the February 12 election.