Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's adviser, Zahed Ur Rahman, was delayed at Delhi's IGI Airport for over two hours before opting to return to Dhaka via Colombo.
He was stopped for over two hours
Jun 15, 2026
04:11 pm
What's the storyZahed Ur Rahman, an advisor to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, was briefly stopped at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Sunday.
CNN-News18 reported that Zahed was "briefly stopped" as his name appeared on a security-related watchlist.
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