PM Modi expresses concern over IS threats to Dhaka Ramakrishna Mission
New Delhi, June 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed concern over the terrorist threat to Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka and spoke to Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj.
Officials
of
Belur
Ramakrishna
Mission
also
met
those
in
the
PMO
here
and
discussed
the
threat.
India's
High
Commissioner
to
Bangladesh
Harsh
Vardhan
Shringla
said
on
Friday
evening
that
his
office
has
kept
close
communication
with
the
mission
and
also
alerted
the
Bangladesh
police
and
foreign
ministry.
[Dhaka
raises
Ramakrishna
Mission
security
after
IS
threat]
He
said
security
has
been
beefed
up
in
the
mission
and
also
personally
paid
the
institution
a
visit.
Suspected
radical
Islamists
claiming
to
be
followers
of
the
Islamic
State
have
threatened
to
kill
a
Hindu
priest
of
the
Ramakrishna
Mission
for
preaching
in
"Islamic
Bangladesh".
A number of murders of liberal minds have also been carried out in the country in the recent past, prompting the government to carry out mass arrests.
The MEA feels the terrorists are taregting the Awami League government in Bangladesh for its India-friendly actions and steps against radical Islams.
Modi visited the mission during his visit to Dhaka last year and also did meditation there for some time.
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