The incident took place near the Jaya Marthanda Gate of the historic palace when a nitrogen gas-filled balloon exploded while being inflated.

Amid spiralling violence against minorities in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, in a Christmas speech, has attacked the Yunus regime and said that the “current ruling group” has seized illegal power and is now subjecting minorities to “unspeakable torture”

Spotlighting the reports of the alleged attack on Christians in the days leading up to Christmas, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor served a warning: “when traditions are attacked, it is all of us”.