Bengali tourist family at Marquis Street, Kolkata. (News 18)
Bangladeshis in India are now worried as unrest in the country forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee and led to a military takeover
Bangladesh shares a border with Bangladesh over 2,200 kilometers long and is a center of education and treatment for the people of the neighboring countries. Bangladeshis in India are now worried as unrest in the country forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee and led to a military takeover.
Abu Kalam is one of them. He arrived in Kolkata on Monday morning for treatment. He was also accompanied by his daughter Zinantul Kawnine Moumi, a student at Dhaka University.
Karam, who lives on Marquis Street, told News18: “We want peace. Now that the Army has taken over, we hope everything will be fine.
Kalam's daughter Zinatur said: “This is a student movement. Many students are invited to participate.
Marquis Street is usually a gathering place for Bengalis in Kolkata, many of whom now fear for their return as the airport was closed for six hours on Monday.
Aminul's flight was at 8:40 p.m., and he said: “I didn't book a hotel. I was worried about my family in Bangladesh. I just wanted to go home.”
Nahid, another tourist from Bangladesh, told News18: “We don't know how to return or what awaits us when we get home.”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: “I appeal to people from all communities to keep calm with folded hands and not to engage in any collective action or take the law into their own hands. If our brothers and sisters encounter Any trouble will be investigated by the Government of India and Bangladesh.
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