Hotels, restaurants in Tripura alter ban on travellers from Bangladesh

Members of Hindu outfits during a a protest over the alleged atrocities against minoritiers Bangladesh, in Agartala
| Photo Credit: ANI

The All Tripura Hotel & Restaurant Owners’ Association (ATHROA) has altered its ban on Bangladeshi travellers. The Association on Thursday (December 5, 2024) said people coming with medical visas will be provided accomodation and services. It refuted allegations of misbehaviour with ‘guests from Bangladesh’.

Earlier on December 2, 2024, the All Tripura Hotel & Restaurant Owners’ Association (ATHROA) said its members would not serve Bangladeshi guests in view of the insult meted out to the Indian flag in the neighbouring country.

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ATHROA general secretary Saikat Bandyopadhyay said the decision was taken at an emergency meeting held on Monday.

On December 1, 2024, Tripura’s Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury alleged that a bus on the way to Kolkata from Agartala was attacked in Bangladesh. “The incident happened on Bishwa Road in Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria district,” he said.

Chief Minister Manik Saha said he received the information about the attack on the bus and was trying to gather more input on it.

“I have got information about a Kolkata-bound bus carrying passengers from Agartala coming under attack on Bishwa Road in Brahmanbaria on Saturday (November 30, 2024). I am trying to gather concrete information on the matter,” he said.