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Dhaka terror: Outrage in India, PM Modi speaks to Sheikh Hasina

July 2, 2016 - by India Writes Network

The attack on an upscale restaurant in Dhaka has triggered concern and sorrow in the neigbouring India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi voicing pain beyond words at this despicable attack. Mr Modi spoke to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina and expressed condolences and solidarity at the devastating terror attack in Dhaka, which killed 20 people including a young Indian girl studying in California.
The terror attack in Dhaka is set to propel India and Bangladesh to step up their counter-terror cooperation in days to come. Indian intelligence and security agencies are closely tracking the rise of Islamist radicalism and the ramifications of the July 1 terror attack in Dhaka.

Dhaka’s date with terror: Indian girl among 20 killed in café attack

July 2, 2016July 2, 2016 - by India Writes Network

In a horrific 26/11 attack on an upscale restaurant in Dhaka, 20 foreigners were killed, including a 19-year-old Indian woman, putting the spotlight on the danger of rising radicalism in Bangladesh and the need for the world to double efforts to combat the scourge of terrorism.
Tarishi Jain, “an Indian girl who was taken hostage in the terror attack in Dhaka” was among those killed, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in a series of tweets. She was studying at the UC Berkeley in the US, and was on a vacation in Dhaka, say sources in India’s foreign office.