Dhaka, June 16 -- Prime Minister's Information Advisor Zahed Ur Rahman says he returned to Bangladesh after he was held up at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport because he felt it was necessary to immediately protest his "discourteous" treatment.

At a press conference at the Secretariat on Tuesday, a day after returning home, Zahed said he believed the incident would not have any impact on relations between the two countries.

The briefing, organised to highlight the government's position on different current affairs, turned to the incident in Delhi on Sunday as journalists kept asking the advisor about his experience.

Zahed said the incident unfolded "exactly" as reported in the Bangladeshi and Indian media.

"I did not go...