Earlier in the day, India offered condolences to Iran on the death of its longtime leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes on Saturday. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met the Iranian ambassador in New Delhi and signed a condolences book.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on X that she was “shocked” and “deeply concerned” by the news of Bose’s resignation. “The reasons behind his resignation are not known to me at this moment.”

The Indian Navy on Thursday clarified that it conducted a search and rescue mission after it received a distress call from Iranian warship IRIS Dena, which was destroyed by a US torpedo killing over 80 sailors and injuring many others on board.