Hasina staying in Delhi with multiple layers of security

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been staying in a secure bungalow with high security in the VVIP area located in central Delhi near India Gate and Khan Market.

The Hindustan Times reported on Friday (October 25), citing intelligence sources.

India Gate and Khan Market are quite close to Pandara Road locality where Hasina had stayed for six years after the assassination of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975.

Hindustan Times said Hasina's new residence was an Intelligence Bureau (IB) safehouse which could not be disclosed due to threats to her life.

Earlier news portal The Print reported that former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been residing in the VVIP area of Lutyens' Delhi. Multiple layers of security shield Hasina, who continues to face ‘a slew of death threats’ over alleged atrocities committed during her term.

Hasina has been living in Lutyens Delhi since she shifted from Hindon air base in neighbouring Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh,where she landed from Dhaka on August 5 after fleeing Bangladesh, according to The Print.

Quoting a Financial Times report last month, Hindustan Times said Hasina was spotted at Lodhi Garden, a popular place for walkers in central Delhi.

The inner and outer security cordon of all in the safe house, one of three such facilities in central Delhi, is taken care of by the officials of the Indian central agencies while "watchers and spotters" from the commando unit of the Delhi police are deployed around the bungalows to keep a vigil on suspicious activities and people, Hindustan Times said quoting an official.

A second official said that a sub-inspector from Delhi police was tagged with the officials of the IB and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for a couple of days when Hasina was brought to Delhi from Hindon.

Source: Agencies