New Delhi: Rejecting Dhaka’s claim that three Bangladeshi men were lynched by a mob in Tripura, India on Friday clarified that the individuals were smugglers who had crossed the international border and died during an altercation while attempting to steal cattle.

The clarification comes amid strained ties between the two nations since August 2024, when Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus took charge as Bangladesh’s interim leader. Both sides have since traded accusations over issues, including what Dhaka describes as “border killings.”

MEA Clarifies Incident Details

Responding to media queries about the Tripura incident, Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said the three Bangladeshi nationals were killed on October 15, around three kilometers inside Indi

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