India on alert at Bangladesh border, confirms Hasina in New Delhi

Bangladeshi border guard personnel stand guard at the India-Bangladesh border of Petrapole, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) northeast of Kolkata, on Aug. 6, 2024. People and vehicles gather outside the Bangladeshi parliament building a day after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug. 6, 2024.

The Indian foreign minister said that India, which shares a long land border with Bangladesh, has put its border forces on high alert following the collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s government.