{
  "id": 489300,
  "title": "R&AW Chief Parag Jain Leads Security Delegation’s Dhaka Visit Amid India-Bangladesh Tensions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/r-aw-chief-parag-jain-leads-security-delegations-dhaka-visit-amid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T17:51:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/raw-chief-parag-jain-leads-security-delegations-dhaka-visit-amid-india-bangladesh-tensions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A four-person Indian delegation, led by Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) Secretary Parag Jain, visited Dhaka on Monday. The delegation met Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Defence Affairs Adviser, Brig Gen (Retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam. Jain, who also heads India’s Special Protection Group (SPG), is part of the special mission. The team arrived at Bangladesh’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on August 9 for an official visit. Other members of the delegation are Ashwin Mukund Kotnis, a 2003-batch Tamil Nadu cadre officer, Rahul Negi, and Shaibal Roy Chowdhury. The delegation’s visit follows Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry issuing a strong statement expressing outrage over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holding a virtual press conference from India. Bangladesh used harsh language in its response, referring to Hasina as a \"genocider\" and describing her former government as a \"mafia enterprise.\"",
  "summary": "A four-member high-level Indian security and intelligence delegation, including Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) Secretary Parag Jain, met Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Defence Affairs Adviser in Dhaka on Monday. According to Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star, Jain held talks with Brig Gen (Retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam, the defence affairs adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.…",
  "key_points": [
    "R&AW Chief Parag Jain leads India-Bangladesh security delegation",
    "Meeting with Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s Defence Adviser",
    "Visit follows Dhaka’s outrage over Hasina’s virtual press conference"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}