India on Friday, i.e., October 3, strongly rejected accusations by Bangladesh’s interim government that New Delhi was involved in fuelling the recent violence in Khagrachhari district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. "We categorically reject these false and baseless allegations. The interim government of Bangladesh is unable to maintain law and order in Bangladesh and has a habit of routinely trying to shift the blame elsewhere", Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, said.

"It would do well to introspect and conduct serious investigations into the actions of local extremists committing violence, arson, and land grabs against the minority communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts," he added.

Earlier on Monday, Bangladesh’s interim government alleged that certain

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