India, Feb. 14 -- The spotlight after Bangladesh's general election did not rest solely on the sweeping national victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by Tarique Rahman.

Instead, what drew sharper attention in policy and security circles was the strong showing by hardline Jamaat-e-Islami in constituencies hugging the India-Bangladesh border, a development that has prompted renewed scrutiny in New Delhi.

While the BNP secured a comfortable national mandate, Jamaat recorded its highest parliamentary tally in over two decades, with a concentration of wins in frontier districts facing India.

For Indian strategists, the geography of these victories matters as much as the numbers.

India and Bangladesh share a long and comple...