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The Indian High Commission in Dhaka received a threat letter from an organisation called itself "Harkatul Jahad". The letter was faxed to the High Commission on 4th December 2004. It contained a threat to kill the whole Indian Cricket team.
The Minister further informed that the Government immediately deputed a multi-departmental security delegation on 6.12.2004 to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Dhaka and Chittagong and liaise with the Bangladesh government for any special additional measures that may be required.
The Indian Security officials and their Bangladesh counterparts carried out a thorough joint onsite inspection of the venues of the matches, the hotels where the players will be accommodated, as also the routes which will be used for travel by the team in Dhaka and Chittagong where the matches are to be played. Our officials made a number of recommendations for strengthening the security arrangements for the team. They were accepted in their entirety by the Bangladesh authorities. Bangladesh Home Secretary assured the implementation of all the additional measures requested by the Indian side. The first test match, which started on 10.12.2004 at Dhaka and ended on 13.12.2004 passed off peacefully.
This information was given to Lok Sabha here today by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Shri E. Ahamed in reply to a short question by Shri Adhir Chowdhury and Shri Uday Singh.
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