Pakistan protests ‘burglary’ at its HC
bdnews24.com :
In a statement posted on its website on Tuesday, Pakistan’s foreign office said unknown burglars broke into the consular section of its high commission in Dhaka and stole computers.
“The matter was immediately reported to Bangladesh’s police and an FIR was lodged. Bangladesh Foreign office was also informed and strengthened security was requested,” the foreign office said.
Pakistan also summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner Tarik Ahsan in Islamabad on Monday to hand over a protest note, an official familiar with the development told bdnews24.com.
“It was a 5-to-10 minute meeting and they [Pakistan side] softly discussed the issue. So we did not react,” said the official at the
Bangladesh foreign ministry.
CCTV camera footage showed three men broke into the ground floor of the high commission through an air-cooler window on the night of Nov 22, Gulshan Police Station OC Abu Bakr Siddique told bdnews24.com.
They made off with the air-cooler, three CPUs, a monitor and four UPS by a rickshaw van and an autorickshaw, the OC said.
A case was lodged on Sunday after the officials at the high commission discovered the broken window after the weekly holidays. “We are trying to identify and arrest them,” the OC said.
The Pakistan foreign office said the burglary in the high commission, located in a highly secure diplomatic area, is a matter of “grave concern”.
“We have lodged a strong protest with Bangladesh’s authorities, both in Dhaka and in Islamabad, over this incident.
In a statement posted on its website on Tuesday, Pakistan’s foreign office said unknown burglars broke into the consular section of its high commission in Dhaka and stole computers.
“The matter was immediately reported to Bangladesh’s police and an FIR was lodged. Bangladesh Foreign office was also informed and strengthened security was requested,” the foreign office said.
Pakistan also summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner Tarik Ahsan in Islamabad on Monday to hand over a protest note, an official familiar with the development told bdnews24.com.
“It was a 5-to-10 minute meeting and they [Pakistan side] softly discussed the issue. So we did not react,” said the official at the
Bangladesh foreign ministry.
CCTV camera footage showed three men broke into the ground floor of the high commission through an air-cooler window on the night of Nov 22, Gulshan Police Station OC Abu Bakr Siddique told bdnews24.com.
They made off with the air-cooler, three CPUs, a monitor and four UPS by a rickshaw van and an autorickshaw, the OC said.
A case was lodged on Sunday after the officials at the high commission discovered the broken window after the weekly holidays. “We are trying to identify and arrest them,” the OC said.
The Pakistan foreign office said the burglary in the high commission, located in a highly secure diplomatic area, is a matter of “grave concern”.
“We have lodged a strong protest with Bangladesh’s authorities, both in Dhaka and in Islamabad, over this incident.
