'Habit of shifting blame': India rebukes Yunus govt; says unrest claims 'baseless'

NEW DELHI: India connected Friday powerfully rejected accusations by Bangladesh’s interim authorities that New Delhi was progressive successful fuelling the caller unit successful Khagrachhari territory of the Chittagong Hill Tracts terming it "false and baseless".Responding to a question connected Bangladesh location advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury’s remarks, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: "We categorically cull these mendacious and baseless allegations. The interim authorities of Bangladesh is incapable to support instrumentality and bid successful Bangladesh and has a wont of routinely trying to displacement the blasted elsewhere."

"It would bash good to introspect and behaviour superior investigations into the actions of section extremists committing violence, arson and onshore grabs against the number communities successful the Chittagong Hill Tracts," Jaiswal said.Bangladesh’s interim authorities connected Monday has alleged that definite groups were attempting to incite sectarian unrest successful Khagrachhari, a territory successful the country’s Chittagong Hill Tracts.

Clashes betwixt Indigenous tribes and Bengali settlers connected Sunday near astatine slightest 3 radical dormant and dozens injured, pursuing protests implicit the alleged pack rape of a tribal miss past week.Home affairs advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury sought to nexus the unit to deposed premier curate Sheikh Hasina and to India, though helium provided nary grounds to enactment the claim.

He said the disturbances appeared aimed astatine disrupting the festive ambiance during Durga Puja.“The vested 4th is trying to make unrest to disrupt the peaceful ambiance of Durga Puja... They are down the Khagrachhari incident,” Chowdhury had said, adding that the authorities was mobilising “maximum efforts” to forestall further escalation.Reports successful Prothom Alo and different section outlets said the 3 victims were tribal residents killed successful Guimara, astir 36 km southbound of Khagrachhari town, arsenic unit dispersed beyond the territory headquarters.