Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Friday dismissed Bangladesh’s claims of Indian involvement in the ongoing clashes as “false”. Speaking at a media briefing, Jaiswal said India had already issued multiple statements rejecting the anti-India rhetoric emerging from Bangladesh.

“On the anti-India rhetoric, we have already issued a couple of statements. We have rejected the false narrative that has been projected in Bangladesh,” Jaiswal said. He added that maintaining law and order and security in Bangladesh was solely the responsibility of its government.Jaiswal’s remarks came after Bangladesh’s interim Home Minister Jahangir Alam Chowdhury indirectly alleged Indian involvement in the violence. In September, Chowdhury had claimed that “external influences” played a role in the Khagrachhari unrest, which left several people dead and security personnel injured.