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How IAF secured Sheikh Hasina during Bangladesh to India flight

Sheikhย Hasinaย arrivedย atย theย Hindonย airfieldย onย theย outskirtsย ofย Delhiย onย Monday.ย Sheikhย Hasinaย resignedย fromย herย positionย asย primeย ministerย ofย Bangladeshย asย aย resultย ofย historicย demonstrationsย againstย herย administration.

Accordingย to officials,ย theย troubledย Bangladesh leader enteredย India before proceeding toย London. Sheย traveledย toย Indiaย onย aย Bangladeshย Airย Forceย C130Jย militaryย transportย plane,ย whichย landedย onย Mondayย nightย at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Hindon,ย Ghaziabad. Givenย theย threatย toย herย life,ย theย journeyย fromย Dhakaย toย Ghaziabadย wasย extremelyย sensitive.

Asย sheย madeย herย wayย towardsย Indiaย inย searchย ofย safety,ย officialsย assuredย theย mediaย thatย Indianย securityย servicesย wereย preparedย forย anyย eventuality. Radarsย ofย theย Indianย Airย Forceย (IAF)ย wereย activelyย monitoringย theย airspaceย overย Bangladeshย duringย herย flight.

Theย officialsย reportedย thatย atย approximatelyย 3ย PM,ย anย aircraftย flyingย atย lowย altitudeย wasย seenย approachingย Indiaย onย IAFย radars. Bangladeshย Airย Forceย planesย wereย permittedย toย flyย insideย Indianย airspaceย byย Indianย officials. Theย officialsย saidย thatย theyย wereย alsoย toldย aboutย Hasina’sย removalย fromย Bangladesh.

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IAF deployed Rafale fighter jets as Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh

Theย IAFย flewย twoย Rafaleย fighterย planesย toย guaranteeย theย Bangladeshiย leader’sย absoluteย safetyย duringย herย flightย fromย Dhakaย toย Ghaziabad. Asย aย security measure,ย twoย Rafale fighter aircraftย fromย theย 101ย squadronย based at theย Hashimaraย airย baseย inย Westย Bengalย wereย inย theย airย aboveย Biharย andย Jharkhand. Variousย ground-basedย securityย organizationsย wereย intentlyย observingย theย flightย pathย ofย theย C130J.

Theyย wereย inย constantย contactย withย Bangladeshiย officialsย inย chargeย ofย herย protectionย asย wellย asย theย pilotsย ofย C130Js. Theย IAFย andย Armyย chiefs,ย Airย Chiefย Marshalย VRย Chaudhariย andย Gen.ย Upendraย Dwivedi,ย keptย aย closeย eyeย onย theย situationย duringย Hasina’sย flight.

Subsequently,ย Ltย Genย Johnsonย Philipย Mathew,ย theย commanderย ofย theย Integratedย Defenceย Staff,ย andย Genย Dwivedi,ย theย headย ofย intelligenceย agencies,ย metย atย aย highย level.

Hasinaย wasย metย byย keyย authoritiesย andย Nationalย Securityย Adviserย Ajitย Dovalย uponย herย arrivalย atย Hindonย airfieldย inย Ghaziabad.

Itย wasย discoveredย thatย followingย aย meetingย withย Indianย officials,ย Hasinaย hadย beenย relocatedย toย aย secureย area. Accordingย toย mediaย sources,ย sheย mightย haveย relocatedย toย theย UK.

Onย Mondayย night,ย however,ย theย planย lookedย hazyย afterย Bangladesh’sย peopleย wereย toldย inย Londonย thatย theyย “deserveย aย fullย andย independentย UN-ledย investigationย intoย theย eventsย ofย theย pastย fewย weeks”ย byย Britishย Foreignย Secretaryย Davidย Lammy.

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