Indians in Bangladesh have been advised by their high commission in Dhaka to stay home and not travel because protests are turning violent. The mission also made available several helpline numbers accessible round the clock for any kind of help that may be needed. A website maintained by the high commission shows there were around seven thousand Indians in Bangladesh.
Anindo Banerjee who is a resident of Dhaka’s elite area, and works as a head of content for an OTT platform based out of Bangladesh, which is headquartered in Kolkata. He worked remotely form his home at “The locality I live within is comparatively calm but tension hangs in the air everywhere”.
Mr Saqi Banerjee is a musician whose father-in-law is a Muktijodhha (war veteran). He moved to Dhaka from Kolkata last year. “I am presently not staying at Dhaka but living at our farmhouse at Dhamrai. The situation is very tense. There are barriers almost every place. But (protesting) students are allowing anyone with a foreign passport to go to airport without troubles,” stated Mr Banerjee.
A CEO of garments factory relocated from Mumbai to Dhaka said “students do not use violence”. “The problem comes about when political groups take advantage of the situation.” Thursday was one such day when he couldn’t make it to work.“Yesterday night there was fire on Jatrabari toll plaza under Dhaka city corporation and it destroyed it completely.Today whole stretch has been blocked and till now I could not reach my factory due this problem.Neighboring workers don’t face difficulty going to work while supervisors find it impossible.There can be no working from home option for garment factories.We are just calculating losses.”
