Dhaka complains of security lapses to Delhi

Pointing out a string of security lapses during President Md Abdul Hamid's visit to India in December last, Dhaka has complained to New Delhi that he was taken to the Taj Mahal in a regular battery-operated public vehicle-called 'golf cart' in local parlance - and not in a private one normally used by VIPs and VVIPs visiting Agra, reports UNB.
Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has also told the Indian central government that the five-star hotel in which the President stayed in Agra had a faulty lift, according to a report ran by the Times of India.
During Hamid's visit to Rajasthan in the same trip, no appropriate arrangements were made to control the crowd at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the Indian Union Home Ministry has been told.
Agra police are probing the matter and will submit a report to UP security agencies. The findings would then be forwarded to the MHA (Ministry of Home Affairs), which has shot off letters to chief secretaries of UP and Rajasthan, pointing out the security breaches and advising the Agra district administration on how to 'secure' VVIPs during such visits in the future.