India Urges Action Over Dhaka Livestreams Portrayed as Delhi

India’s Ministry of External Affairs urged authorities to take action after reports that Chinese nationals livestreamed from Dhaka neighbourhoods while presenting them as parts of New Delhi. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the ministry had seen the reports and described attempts to portray parts of Dhaka as Delhi as unfortunate. He did not identify which authorities should respond or specify measures.

The reports describe filming in Uttara and Tekpara, neighbourhoods in the Bangladeshi capital. One livestream, attributed to a woman identified as Mianmian, was reportedly filmed beside a canal in Uttara’s Sector 12 on November 1. She presented the location as New Delhi and criticised its living conditions, according to the reporting. Another streamer, identified as Wang Wei, was reported to have made a derogatory remark about tea sold at a stall in Tekpara.

The scale of the filming has not been established. Residents estimated that more than 150 people were involved, but the newspaper that reported the estimate said it had no reliable total. Its reporters said they visited Uttara on October 27 and November 3 and sought interviews with 17 Chinese nationals. The newspaper also...