A year on, Bangladesh is still reeling from that violence, and Hasina now faces trial for crimes against humanity in absentia, as she is in exile in India.

Hussain Ahmed Majumdar, a resident of Assam, suffered a panic attack when he was travelling from Mumbai to Silchar via Kolkata on Thursday.

In a twist to the recently busted inter-state fake passport racket, the communally sensitive city of Akola in Maharashtra has emerged as the fourth major hub of an Afghan-led network operating across Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh.