# RAW Chief Parag Jain Meets Bangladesh Defence Advisor Amid Reset 2026-08-10T19:41:49+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet RAW chief Parag Jain met Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s Defence Affairs Advisor, Brig Gen (retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam, in Dhaka on Monday. The four-member Indian delegation, which included Ashwin Mukund Kotnis, Rahul Negi and Shaibal Roy Chowdhury, also met Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and other agency chiefs, India Today reports, citing The Daily Star. A diplomatic source described the visit as routine, with such exchanges happening every other year. The meeting comes amid strained ties after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, who now lives in India. Bangladesh has sought her extradition. Days before the visit, Hasina held a virtual presser from Delhi, rejecting the 2024 uprising as a planned regime change. Dhaka called the event an affront to its sovereignty. India said it had no role in hosting the event. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - indiatoday.in Tags: Bangladesh, diplomacy, India-Bangladesh ties, intelligence, Raw Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/raw-chief-meets-bangladesh-defence-adviser-amid-reset/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/raw-chief-meets-bangladesh-defence-adviser-amid-reset/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.