Dhaka summons head of 13 foreign missions over statement

Due to their statement condemning the attack on Ashraful Alam alias Hero Alam during the Dhaka-17 by-election, the heads of 13 foreign missions were summoned to the foreign ministry's office on Tuesday.

The chiefs of the 13 missions in Dhaka will be informed of the government's dissatisfaction on Wednesday.

The 13 missions include the United States, the UK, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the European Union.

In a joint statement issued by the US embassy in Dhaka on July 19, the embassies urged the government to conduct a comprehensive investigation and take legal action against the attackers of Alam.

On July 17, Hero Alam came under attack by a group of people in front of Banani Vidyaniketan school centre during the by-election in Dhaka-17 constituency.

Hero Alam's personal assistant Sujan Rahman Shovo filed a case with the capital's Banani Police Station over the incident. Some 15-20 unidentified people were made accused in the case.

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