Indian Security Agencies With Air Force Ensured Safety Of Hasina’s Jet

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – After the ouster of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government, Indian security agencies were ready for any contingency as she was headed towards India for safety in an Air Force jet.

Indian Air Force radars were actively monitoring air space over Bangladesh and detected a low-level flying aircraft around 3 PM coming towards India.

The aircraft was allowed to move inside India as the air defense personnel knew who was inside the plane, they said.

In a bid to provide security to the plane, two Rafale fighter aircraft from the 101 squadron from Hashimara air base in West Bengal were airborne over Bihar and Jharkhand as the aircraft, the sources said.

The aircraft was on its flight path and was closely monitored by the agencies in ground with constant communication between it and top Indian security officials on ground, the sources said.

The Indian Air Force and Army chiefs Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and Gen Upendra Dwivedi were monitoring the situation very closely, the sources said.

A top-level meeting of top security officials was also held with the involvement of intel agency chiefs, Gen Dwivedi and Integrated Defense Staff chief Lt Gen Johnson Philip Mathew.

As Hasina’s jet landed at Hindan air base around 545 PM, she was greeted by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval who held an hour-long meeting with her and the current situation in Bangladesh and her future course of action also came up for discussion.