The Indian High Commission in Colombo has written to Sri Lankan government requesting it to enhance security given to Indian diplomatic offices in Sri Lanka to prevent an attack by Muslim extremist groups, the Daily Mirror learns.
 

The request has been made by the Indian government in a letter written to Secretary of the External Affairs Ministry on December 26th.  India has expressed fears of a possible attack on Indian mission in Colombo or consular offices in other parts of the country in the aftermath of the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Qadir Mullah in Bangladesh.

Abdul Qadir Mullah was sentenced to death by the Bangladesh’s International crimes Tribunal set up to investigate into the crimes committed during the 1971 liberation war.  Mullah who was found guilty of the murders of 344 persons and dozens of other war crimes was hung on December 12.

Interestingly the statement comes a few weeks after a meeting the high commission officials had with Sri Lankan Muslim leaders where comments made by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksaon threats by extremist Muslim elements, was discussed extensively.